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Springboard English 12 midterm 2011

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Concepts about human life or culture   Ideology  
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Something that is trying to fight or overthrow authority   Subversive  
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To explain or tell the meaning of   Interpret  
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To provide as many examples as possible   Exhaustive representation  
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An act of criticizing or examining   Critique  
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A mental concept or point of view   Perception  
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A succinct statement expressing an opinion, perception, or general truth   Aphorism  
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An outline, brief account, or synopsis of an event   Scenario  
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Area of action that is captured by the camera   Frame  
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Cutting off or concealing unwanted parts of an image within a photograph   Cropping  
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Overall effect produced by the amount or type of light in a photograph   Lighting  
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Object, person, or matter being studied in the frame   Subject  
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Likeness of an object, person, or scene found in a frame   Image  
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Way in which the parts of something are arranged to present a visual image   Composition  
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The composition or setting of an image   Mise en scene  
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Area established or set apart by the arrangements of subjects or matter   Space  
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Focuses on a reader's engagement with a piece of print or non-print text. Reader's response to any text is shaded by the reader's own experiences.   Reader's response critical theory  
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Way of judging or analyzing a work of literature   Critical lens  
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Attempts to establish principles for interpreting and evaluating literary texts   Literary theory  
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Verbal expression of a sensory experience   Imagery  
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Details that appeal to or evoke one or more of the five senses   Sensory details  
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Choice of words, especially having to do with clearness, correctness   Diction  
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Bring out (especially emotion)   Evoke  
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A part of a whole   Detail  
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Poem paragraphs-a group of lines that form a unit within a poem   Stanzas  
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When you move on to the next line   Line breaks  
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Regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song, usually at the end of a stanza   Refrain  
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The way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses, and sentences   Syntax  
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Figuring out what is implied (not said directly, but hinted at)   Inference  
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The introduction or preface to a literary work   Prologue  
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Informatio or situation surrounding something   Context  
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Author's attitude or mood   Tone  
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Any tool an author uses to enhance communication (literary devices, etc.)   Rhetorical strategy  
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Uses the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance   Parallel structure  
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Sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses   Complex sentence  
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A sentence that makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached   Periodic sentence  
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Improves clarity, reinforces meaning, constructs effect, and expresses the writer's voice   Punctuation  
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Gives equal weight to two or more independent clauses in a sentence   Semicolon  
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Marks a sudden change in thought or tone   Dash  
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A shot taken ABOVE the subject   High angle  
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Then main idea or point of an essay or article   Thesis  
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A shot taken BELOW the subject   Low angle  
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A brief visual, written, descriptive literary sketch   Vignette  
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The scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and open-looking scene   High key  
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A single piece of film, uninterrupted by cuts   Shot  
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The image is part of a whole, such as an eye   Extreme close up  
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A shot taken from a normal height   Eye level  
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Direct lighting from BELOW or the SIDE, which often makes the subject appear dangerous or evil   Bottom or side lighting  
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The scene is flooded with shadows and DARKNESS, creating suspense or suspicion   Low key  
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The image takes up at least 80% of the frame   Close up (CU)  
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Soft lighting on the actor's FACE or from BEHIND, gives the appearance of innocence or goodness (halo effect)   Front or back lighting  
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The most common shot. The camera Shot that is a medium distance from the object being filmed-shows the person from the waist up   Medium shot  
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Often a long shot that sets the scene; it establishes the setting and shows transitions between locations   Establishing shot  
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A shot from some distance. If filming a person, the whole body is shown (shows isolation or vulnerability)   Long shot (LS)  
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A scene between two people, shot exclusively from an angle that included BOTH characters equally   Two shot  
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Focuses on the elements of culture and how they affect one's perceptions and understanding of texts   Cultural criticism  
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To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit (as in social standing)   Marginalize  
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A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect   Parody  
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