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ENG-2DW Review
Review for Enhanced Grade 10 English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thesis | the authors message to the reader about humans/life. |
| Tone | The writers attitdue towards a subject |
| Point of View | The persective of which the story is told |
| The Essay's Purpose | to explain an opinion/to inform/to instruct/pursuade/critisize/entertain |
| The intended Audience | The specific audience written to by the author |
| Alliteration | the repitition of intial sounds of words in a sentence |
| Allusion | A reference to a biblical or well known work |
| Assonance | the repetition of a vowel |
| Cacophony | the use of harsh sounding words |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonants |
| Effective Diction | the writers effective vocabulary and style of expression |
| Euphemism | The use of soft sounding words |
| Imagery | When the author appeals to your senses |
| Irony | 1.Verbal- Sarcasm 2.Situational- fire house burning down 3.Dramatice- Bottom(midsummers night dream) |
| Juxtaposition | the putting together of opposites |
| Metaphor | A comparison not using like or as |
| Onomatopoeia | writing a sound |
| Personification | Inanimate objects given human qualities |
| Repetition | the repetition of a specific word/phrase or idea |
| Rhetorical Question | a question asked by the author to manipulate the reader |
| Simile | A comparison using like or as |
| Statistics | A specific fact included in a piece to pursuade |
| Symbols | A parabolic object used to show something of greater importance |