More English Midterm Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Characterization | how the author creates and reveals lifelike characters |
Theme | the main idea or moral of a work |
Imagery | Words that duplicate the senses |
Tone | The overall attitude or feeling of a work |
Allusion | A reference to a familiar work, event, or idea |
Setting | The time and place a work is set |
Simile | Words comparing two unlike things using like or as |
Symbolism | An object or thing that stands for something else |
Diction | The author's precise use of words |
Metaphor | Words comparing two unlike things without using like or as |
OE | Old English |
ME | Middle English |
Fr | French |
OHG | Old High German |
ON | Old Norse |
Gk | Greek |
L | Latin |
It | Italian |
Ar | Arabic |
Contrast | to stress differences |
Describe | recount of relate something in sequence/story form. bring out details |
Discuss | examine and talk about an issue from all sides |
Compare | make points of similarity and difference) mostly similarities |
**Explain | make clear, analyze, clarify |
Connotation | ideas and feelings a word brings to mind |
Denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
Five steps of the writing process | Prewriting or thinking about writing, writing the first draft, revising, editing, proofreading |
Revising | adding, subtracting, and rearranging words |
Editing | Removing clutter |
Proofreading | Correcting spelling, punctuation, etc. |
Punctuation of titles | capitalize/underline- novels, plays quotation marks- short story, poem |
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