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English midterm
english midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| imagery | Descriptive language used to create an image to the reader through the use of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement. |
| symbolism diff types | when an object represents a larger idea (conventional = widely known, personal= based on particular work by an author) |
| direct characterization | the act of creating and developing a character when a writer simply states a character’s traits. |
| indirect characterization | the act of creating and developing a character when the reader infers character traits through words, thoughts, actions, reactions, background, and what other characters say about them. |
| setting | Time and place of the action |
| theme | central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work |
| tone | The writer’s/speaker’s attitude toward the subject, characters, or reader/audience. |
| mood | The feeling created in the reader by a literary work. |
| motif | A reoccurring idea, concept or topic in a literary work |
| diction | A writer’s or speaker’s word choice |
| verbal irony | a word or phrase used to suggest the opposite of its usual meaning. |
| situational irony | an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the characters, reader and/or audience. |
| dramatic irony | a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience knows |
| person vs person conflict | a struggle between opposing forces a struggle between 2 characters. |
| person vs self confilct | a struggle between opposing forces struggle within a character. |
| person vs society conflict | a struggle between opposing forces a struggle between a character and an outside force (usually societal norms) |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur |
| syntax | the order and structure of sentences |
| metaphor | a comparison without the use of like/as/than, when one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
| simile | makes a direct comparison between two subjects using like as or than |
| rhetoric | using persuasive appeal to understand, recognize and analyze the 3 major types of persuasion (ethos, pathos, logos) |
| ethos | a moral/ethical appeal, a speaker must establish moral credibility in the minds of their audience, the audience should trust their speaker, a speaker must prove their expertise in the subject area. |
| pathos | an emotional appeal, emotions like fear, love, guilt, joy, pathos often uses figurative language like hyperbole, metaphor and simile to persuade |
| logos | logic, appeals to the intellect, audience relies on reasoning and facts to make a decision about the issue, ex numbers, polls, stats |
| I of iqea | introduce quote introduce the context in which the quote appears |
| q of iqea | quotation use the quote as evidence by embedding the quote and using a signal phrase and citation |
| e of iqea | explain explain the quote in your own words |
| a of iqea | analyze relate the quote back to your thesis in you analysis |
| when using 2 quotes in one paragraph what is the order | 1- i,q,e,a,i,q,e,a 2- iqea, transition, iqea |
| thesis/ claim | the central, arguable point or main argument of an essay |
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