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English Final

QuestionAnswer
Purpose author's reasoning for creating their particular work
Audience The people for whom a piece of literature is written
Tone The authors attitude toward his/her audience may be influenced be the tone of the work
Narrative writing Telling a story of an experienve,event,or sequence of events while holding the readers interest
informative writing presents reader with information
Arguementative writing gives an opinion statement in an attempt to convince the reader that this is the valid point of view
Claim postion on an issue, backed up with evidence and careful reasoning
Data evidence to support the claim (thesis,arguement)
Warrant reasoning and analysis of data so it supports claim
paraphrase restating another's ideas in your own words
Direct Quote using another's words directly (word by word)
Works cited List sources that were used
In-text citation shortened version of works cited within your writing
independent clause can stand by itself as a complete sentence
dependent clause cannot stand by itself
Complex senctence containing an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses
Common Noun Names general people, places, or things.
Proper noun names specific people,place,thing, or idea
Verb Tense form of a verb that shows the time of the action or condition
sentence group of words that has three main parts: subject, predicate, and has to make a complete thought
fragment incomplete sentence
run-on 2 or more sentences capitalized and punctuates as if they were a single sentence
Comma splice 2 or mroe complete thoughts seperated only by a comma
subject-verb agreement subject and verb must agree. both plural and singular
simple sentence contains 1 independent clause (subject, verb, and complete thought)
compound sentence contains 2 independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction
nouns names a person,place, or thing.
verbs word or a group of words that expresses time while snowing in action, a condition, or the fact that something exists
adverbs modifies/describes a verb an adjective, or another adverb
Adjective describes a noun
pronoun words that stand for nouns or far words that take place fo nouns
conjunction a word used to connect other words or group of words
preposition relates a noun to another word in a sentence
interjection word that expresses feeling
parallelism the repitition of a chosen grammatical grammaticalform within a sentence
active voice subject actively completes the action
passive voice subject recieves the action
linking verb does not show action
helping verb comes and helps the main verb
Simile a comparison between 2 objects using LIKE or AS
Metaphor Direct comparison between 2 unlike objects
Personification Giving human traits to non-human things
Allegory use of fictional figures and actions to express truths about human experiences
Symbolism The use of an object to represent an idea or theme
Foreshadowing hints/clues to future events of the story
First Person narrators is a character in the story; uses first person "I" to tell the story
3rd Person Limited narrator does not participate in the story; relates to the thought and feelings of only one character
3rd person omniscient narrator doesn't participate in the story; relates the thoughts and feelings of more that one of the characters
Mood General feelin that is created by the tone
Propoganda persuade by censoring information & not allowing citizens to see it
Created by: zoefinals
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