English Mid-Term111 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Langston Hughes | Salvation Black American Author Theme: Church, Religion Tone: Misunderstanding Child's View, Sermon |
George Orwell | A Hanging Real Name: Eric Blair British Novelist born in India Known for Satire Theme: Jail, Hanging Tone: Sarcasm |
Rick Bragg | All Over but The Shouting Former NY Times Reporter Theme: Memoir - Final visit to dying father Tone: Vivid details and rich dialogue |
Mark Twain | Two Ways of Seeing A River Real Name: Samuel Clements Theme: Steamboat, life experience Tone: Metaphor, analogy |
Alice Walker | Am I Blue? Theme: Horse Tone: Comparison, contrast, analogy |
Experiences | Understanding of an object, thought or emotion through the senses or mind. |
Punctuation | The mark as a period, comma, and parentheses to separate sentences and to clarify meaning. |
Analogy | Similarity to a comparison of an object Resemblance (Ladder vs DNA strand) |
Emotion | Particular feeling to characterize the state of mind. Joy, anger, love, horror, etc |
Metaphor | A simile when you compare something to an object or action. He jumped like a rabbit. |
Theme | A key idea which an author wants the reader to get out of the writing Title that introduces something. |
Narration | A story told to a group of people. Tale. |
Thesis | A main idea of an essay, often written as a single declarative sentence. 1st sentence in an essay. |
Bruce Catton | Grant & Lee: A Study in Contrast Tone: Contrast and comparison Theme: General and soldiers, Rich and poor |
Gary Taubes | What If It's All Been A Big Fat Lie? Theme: Obesity, Epidemic Tone: Argument |
Joanna McKay | Organ Sales Will Save Lives Theme: Sales of organ sold legally Tone: Argument |
What are the 2 types of Argument are? | Logical and Persuasion Logical - Reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or lie Persuasion - Convince others to agree facts or accept an argument to a conclusion |
What are the 3 figures of speech? | Metaphor, Personification, Simile (MPS) Metaphor- Comparison of 2 unlike things Personification - Giving human characteristics to anything not human Simile - Comparison of 2 unlike things |
What are the conjunctive adverbs? | However, Hence, Moreover, In Addition, On The Other Hand, Consequently, Nevertheless |
What are the 3 writing process to an essay? | 1) pre-writing - brainstorm ideas 2) writing - write 1st draft 3) re-writing - proof read and edit |
What are the coordinating conjunctions | For And Nor But Or Yet So (FANBOYS) |
What are the 2 Argument Essays? | Organ Sales Will Save Lives What If It's Been A Big Fat Lie? |
What are the 2 Comparison/Contrast Essays? | Grant & Lee Two Ways of Seeing A River |
Allusion | A brief indirect reference to a person, place, or event - real or fictional (Blue for Sad) |
Comma Splice | A comma joining two independent clauses Ex: It's half past five, we cannot reach town before dark. |
Tone | Author's emotional attitude toward the subject matter Humor, anger, sadness, guilt, etc |
Grammar | A sentence that is constructed together. |
Imagery | Vivid language which appeals to the senses vivid description of an item or way |
What are the 2 types of thesis? | Pro and Con Pro - Positive statement to support a thesis Con - Negative statement against a thesis |
What are the 4 Narrative essays? | Salvation Am I Blue? A Hanging All Over But The Shouting |
Verbal Irony | Person says or writes one thing and means another Sarcasm |
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