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LA terms 9
Question | Answer |
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book jacket | The front covers of paperbacks and the dust jackets on hardcover books; usually carefully designed to attract the reader's attention. |
central idea | The key points made in a text; the main ideas. |
collage | A technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, such as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, parts of cards, etc. |
critique | Criticizing a literary or other work through detailed evaluation and review |
free verse | Poems characterized by their nonconformity to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza. |
persuasive writing | Writing meant to convince an audience to think in a certain way or to take a particular action. |
sarcasm | Harsh or bitter verbal irony in what one is saying. |
theme | The story's main idea or message that the author intends to communicate by telling the story; often universal truths that are suggested by the specifics of the story. |
title | The name of a selection. |
webinar | A digital seminar available only on the Internet; may allow for two-way interaction between presenters and viewers. |