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LCCC English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Critical Reading | technique for discovering information and ideas within a text |
| Critical Thinking | technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding what to accept and believe |
| Rationality | rely on reason, not emotion; rely on evidence; rely on finding best explanation, not just being right |
| Critical Thinking Judgement | recognize the relevance and/or merit of alternative assumptions and perspectives, recognize the extent and weight of evidence |
| Critical Reading Steps | Restatement-restating what the text says talks about the original topic, Description-describing what a text does, identifies aspects of the structure of the discussion, Interpretation-analyze what a text means asserts an overall meaning |
| Short Story Origin | America |
| Washington Irving | Grandfather of the short story ( his formula=objective narrative + subjective essay= the short story |
| Edgar Allen Poe | Father of the short story, considered to have perfected the short story form, wrote gothic fiction |
| 5 elements of a short story | plot, setting, tone, theme, conflict |
| Plot | series of events |
| Setting | place and time |
| Tone | attitude towards subject |
| Theme | main idea |
| Formalist Criticism | looking at the 5 elements of writing objectively |
| two types of irony | situational (dramatic) and verbal |