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LA finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |