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LA finals
Question | Answer |
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run on sentences | consists of two or more sentences that run together without punctuation. |
singular nouns | names one person, place, thing or idea. |
compound nouns | a noun of two or more words. |
plural noun | names more than one thing. |
counterclaim | to state the opposite claim. |
what is summarizing? | to give a brief statement of the main points of something. |
how do you quote others? | to say the exact same words as the person who originally said them and put quotations marks around the sentence or sentences. |
free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. |
alliteration | the reoccurred of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
what is paraphrasing? | a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else. |
enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of Aline,couplet,or stanza. |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable. |
onomatopoeia | sounds |
rhyme scheme | pattern of rhymes at the end of each line. |
rebuttal | the come back to the other sides of the claim and evidence. |
evidence | the prof of your side of the story. |
claim | your side and the statement of the essay. |
stanza | an argument of a certain number of lines. |
simile | compare two things using like or as |
qualifier | words or phrases added on to another word to modify its meaning. |
warrant | to state the opposite of your evidence |
differences between mood and tone? | is the attitude of the author toward the poem. is the attitude toward the implied subject. |
verse | a single metrical line in a poetic composition |
tone | is the writers implied attitude toward the poem. |
theme | the statement the poem/poet makes about its subject. |
symbol | associate two things, but their meaning is both literate and figurative. |
rhythm | a pattern of one stressed and unstressed syllable. |
meter | is a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in a speech or writing. |
consonance | the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants. |
ballad | a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. |
allusion | an expression designed to call something t mind without mentioning ti explicitly, an indirect or passing reference. |
what is a parenthetical citation? | citations to original sources that appear in the text of your paper. |
possesive nouns | shows ownership or relationship |
collective noun | names a group or collection of people, animals or things considered a unit. |
proper noun | names a particular person, place , thing or idea. |
common nouns | names a general class of a person, place ,thing or idea. |
abstract noun | names ideas, feelings or qualities. |
concrete noun | refers to material things, to people, or to places. |
fragment sentences | a word group that does not have both a subject and a predicate or dues not to have an express thought. |