L to J Quiz
English I
Mr. Stoner & Mrs. Sitton
Egyptian High School
Tamms, IL
kstoner@egyptianschool.com
asitton@egyptianschool.com
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a casual, familiar, and
colloquial use of
language
Ex: My buddy is worn out.
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Informal
style/tone
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words from the text that
show, prove or give
reasons for making a
judgment
Ex: To prove a point in his
argument, the student used ______
________.
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Textual evidence
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words and details used by
an author that appeal to a
reader’s senses (the five
senses plus emotion
Ex: The heat from the oven rushed
into the character’s face as the
sweet smell permeated the air.
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Sensory language
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a category of artistic, musical,
or literary composition
characterized by a particular
style, form, or content
Ex: romance, history, comedy,
rock, country, drama
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Genre
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a character in drama who
speaks the prologue and
epilogue and comments
on the action/a group of
singers
Ex: These characters were often used in
mythology and portrayed by small groups
wearing masks and robes
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Chorus
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A character with
multiple or conflicting
motivations
Ex: The main character is almost
always this type of character.
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Complex
character
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when the words and
actions of the characters
of a work of literature have
a different meaning for the
reader than they do for the
characters
Ex: We, the readers, knew the cake was
poisoned, but the character did not.
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Dramatic Irony
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when a story is relayed by a
narrator who is also a
character within the story,
so that the narrative reveals
the plot by referring to this
viewpoint as “I”
Ex: There I was, surrounded by ninjas
when I remembered my anti-ninja
training.
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First Person
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a composition written in
verse that often uses
rhythm and/or rhyme
Ex: “The Raven”
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Poem/Poetry
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a conversation
between two or more
persons
Ex: “Can we go home yet?”
“No, the bell hasn’t rung”
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Dialogue
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a decisive moment that
is of maximum intensity
or is a major turning
point in a plot
Ex: When Spiderman fought the
Green Goblin.
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Climax
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when a narrator refers to
one of the characters as
“you”, therefore making the
audience member feel as if
he or she is a character in
the story
Ex: You should add two eggs to the
batter and stir vigorously.
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Second
person
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a device often used in drama
whereby a character speaks to
himself or herself, relating his or
her thoughts and feelings,
thereby also sharing them with
the audience
Ex: Romeo talks to himself about
his feelings for Juliet.
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Soliloquy
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a direct specific
meaning as distinct from
an implied or
associated idea
Ex: The definition of a word without
implied meaning
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Denotation
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a division of a poem
consisting of a series of
lines arranged together in
a usually recurring pattern
of meter and rhyme
Ex: Similar to a paragraph in prose
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Stanza
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a figure of speech which
involves a direct
comparison between two
unlike things, usually with
words like or as
Ex: It’s as hot as a desert in here.
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Simile
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a genre that uses literary
style and techniques to
create factually
accurate narratives
Ex: Essays, memoirs, and articles
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Literary
Nonfiction
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when a character is
specifically described or
developed by a
narrator
Ex: Bill was a good man who was
six-feet tall and had brown hair.
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Direct
characterization
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when a character is
developed or described
by his/her actions rather
than through the specific
description by the narrator
Ex: Bill volunteered at the local
food pantry and took care of
abandoned animals.
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Indirect
characterization
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to represent, indicate or
typify beforehand
Ex: In the beginning of Beowulf,
they sing a song about a hero
fighting a dragon, indicating that
one may appear later.
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Foreshadowing
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this literary technique is
defined by its rhythm of
pairing ten syllables for
each line into five pairs
Ex: Most of Shakespeare’s writing was
written in this style. It is also known as
“blank verse”.
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Iambic
pentameter
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the way a story is
viewed by the main
character or narrator in
a piece or writing
Ex: The antagonist and protagonist had
different ____________ which means
they viewed things differently.
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Perspective
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the usually humorous use of
a word in such a way as to
suggest two or more of its
meanings or the meaning of
another word similar in
sound
Ex: “Flies can do this, but I must fly
away.”
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Pun
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a happy or pleasant
ending to signify a
character’s
acceptance by society
Ex: This happens when the
protagonist is better off at the end
than he/she was at the beginning.
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Comedic resolution
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a literary technique in the
opening of a story that
grabs the reader’s
attention so that he or she
will keep on reading
Ex: When Rainsford falls off the
boat in “The Most Dangerous
Game”
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Narrative
hook
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a long narrative poem in
elevated style recounting
the deeds of a legendary
or historical hero
Ex: “Beowulf” “The Odyssey”
“Paradise Lost”
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Epic
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the suggesting of a
meaning by a word
apart from the thing it
explicitly names or
describes
Ex: “Fat” or “hefty” has a different
___________ than “heavy” or
“overweight”.
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Connotation
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a meaning decided or
concluded by reasoning
using evidence
Ex: “Frank had to duck when
entering a room.” Therefore, we
know Frank is tall.
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Inferred
meaning
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a method of storytelling in which
the narrator knows only the
thoughts and feelings of a single
character, while other
characters are presented only
externally
Ex: Most drama is written in this
point of view.
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Third person
limited
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a method of storytelling in
which the narrator knows
the thoughts and feelings
of all of the characters in
the story
Ex: This point of view is difficult to
translate into plays or movies.
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Third person
omniscient
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the study of a literary
work, separating it into
parts in order to
determine its nature
Ex: In order to write a strong
reflective essay over a piece of
literature, this must take place.
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Analysis
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the representation in art
of an event or story
Ex: This type of writing is not
persuasive or expository.
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Narrative
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the repetition of vowel
sounds
Ex: Alice always ate apples.
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Assonance
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the repetition of the same
pattern or words or phrases
within a sentence, passage or
selection to show that two or
more ideas have the same
level or importance
Ex: They were walking , talking, and
chewing gum.
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Parallel
structure
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the repetition of
consonant sounds
Ex: Bonnie’s blue bonnet bore
brown butterflies.
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Alliteration
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the reason(s) an author
has for writing a piece;
to inform persuade or
entertain
Ex: The ___________ of most stories is
to entertain.
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Author’s
purpose
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a passing or casual reference;
an incidental mention of
something, either directly or by
implication
Ex: Their love was as strong as
Romeo and Juliet’s.
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Allusion
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the quality of a literary
work that causes the
audience to be uncertain
or tense about the
outcome of the events
Ex: Alfred Hitchcock was a master of
_____________.
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Suspense
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a regularly recurring
phrase or verse especially
at the end of each stanza
or division of a poem or
song
Ex: “nevermore” in “The Raven”
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Refrain
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a related series of
incidents in a literary plot
that build toward the
point of greatest interest
Ex: Spiderman learns how to use his
powers while the Green Goblin
begins causing trouble.
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Rising action
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a sense of heightened
involvement, uncertainty
and interest an audience
experiences as the climax
of action approaches
Ex: The general feel of the rising
action
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Tension
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a single idea or thesis
that continues
throughout a research
paper
Ex: This is present when a paper is
well organized and holds true to its
thesis statement throughout.
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Unity
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a small part of a whole;
specific information
about the central idea
or theme
Ex: These strengthen your ideas.
The more you can offer, the better.
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Detail
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a speech presented by
a single character to
another character or
characters
Ex: Shylock’s speech about the
pound of flesh in “The Merchant of
Venice”
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Monologue
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a statement of the
major point of a written
piece and how you
carry out your point
Ex: School uniforms have no place
at Egyptian High School.
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Argument
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a statement or assertion
opposing the originally
presented claim
Ex: There are many people who
say that school uniforms are a
good idea, but…
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Counterclaim
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a statement of assertion
presented as fact
Ex: School uniforms would take
away our individuality.
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Claim
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the principal character
in a literary work (as in a
drama or story)
Ex: Spiderman, Luke Skywalker,
Neo, Romeo/Juliet
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Protagonist
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a statement that
contains or implies its
own contradiction and
has an uncertain
meaning or no meaning
Ex: This statement is false.
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Paradox
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a step in the writing
process used to correct
or improve the original
work
Ex: going back over your paper
and making changes
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Revise
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the position of the narrator
in relation to the story
derived from the author’s
depiction of events and
attitude toward the
characters
Ex: 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd
person omniscient
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Point of view/
perspective
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the plan or main story
(as in a movie or literary
work)
Ex: What happens in a story
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Plot
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a type of writing with the
purpose of providing
information in such a way
that a person, place or thing
can be seen in the reader’s
mind
Ex: This must be present in order for
imagery to occur. “The room was
dark.”
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Description
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a variety of a language
used by the members of
a group
Ex: “Don’t you make me whoop
ya.”
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Dialect
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the pattern of rhymes used
in a poem, usually marked
by letters to symbolize
correspondences, such as
rhyme royal, ababbcc
Ex: aabb, abba, abab
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Rhyme
scheme
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the parts of a written or
spoken statement that
precede or follow a specific
word or passage, usually
influencing its meaning of
effect
Ex: You can use this to figure out
the meaning of a word.
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Context
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the part of a literary plot
that occurs after the
climax has been reached
and the conflict has been
resolved (prior to the
resolution)
Ex: everyone deals with the death of Norman
Osborne after the Green Goblin was defeated
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Falling
action
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the organization or
arrangement of written
work
Ex: MLA or APA
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Format
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the opposition of persons
or forces that gives rise
to the dramatic action in
a drama or fiction
Ex: man vs. man, man vs. self,
man vs. nature
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Conflict
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A message conveyed or
a lesson to be learned
from a story or event
Ex: Slow and steady wins the race
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Moral
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a written selection
intended to explain a
topic, an idea or a
process
Ex: Essays or articles
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Informative/
explanatory
text
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a written work that tells
a story through action
and is meant to be
performed
Ex: The Crucible, Romeo and Juliet
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Drama
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the manner, position or
direction in which
something is set – the
time and place
Ex: The story took place in
California during the gold rush.
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Setting
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the main thought or
subject of a written or
spoken work
Ex: This is the one or two word
answer to “What was it about?”
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Topic
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the main idea or basic
meaning of a literary work;
a common thread or
repeated idea that is
incorporated throughout a
written work
Ex: In Spiderman, this is “with great
power comes great responsibility”
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Theme/central
idea
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an alphabetical list of
specialized words and
definitions
Ex: This often appears at the end
of a text to aid in the
understanding of difficult words.
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Glossary
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The part of the story
which introduced
characters and setting
Ex: The part of “The Most
Dangerous Game” before
Rainsford falls off the boat
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Exposition
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the insertion of an earlier
event into a story, play
or movie so the
audience can witness
past events
Ex: When a character tells a story
that happened to him/her as a
child.
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Flashback
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An expression
combining terms that
contradict one another
Ex: “fine mess” “living dead”
“deafening silence”
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Oxymoron
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the inherent difficulty of
reading and
comprehending a text
combined with
consideration of the reader
and task variables
Ex: Macbeth has a higher __________
than See Spot Run.
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Text
complexity
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an indirect indication
Ex: He blamed the court, and by
______________, the government.
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Implication
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the final sentence or
section in a written
selection
Ex: They lived happily ever after.
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Concluding
statement/section
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an outcome or result of
a situation or sequence
of events; an aftermath
Ex: This takes place after the falling
action of a story.
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Resolution
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an unhappy, disastrous
end; a final downfall of a
character brought on by
an error in judgment or
outside forces
Ex: the ending of Romeo and Juliet
or Hamlet
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Tragic
resolution
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an utterance meant to be
inaudible to someone;
especially : an actor’s speech
heard by the audience but
supposedly not by the other
characters
Ex: When a character is talking to
someone and turns to the
audience to talk about him or her.
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Aside
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any language that goes
beyond the literal meaning
of words in order to furnish
new effects or fresh insights
into an idea or a subject
Ex: I have told you a million times
to clean your room.
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Figurative
Language
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the feeling conveyed by
a written or spoken
work; the attitude an
author takes toward the
subject of a literary work
Ex: The two reports wrote differing
articles about the president’s
speech.
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Tone
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the expected style of
writing based on arbitrary
rules or practices
recognized as valid by a
particular art or discipline
Ex: Though never specified, we all
wrote our paper in 12-point font.
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Conventions/
Norms
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the emotional feel
created in a story often
crafted through
weather or location
Ex: The mist creeped through the
graveyard as midnight
approached.
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Mood
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the determination of
which particular word or
phrase to use in a
particular instance
Ex: determining to use “dislike”
instead of “hate” to not hurt
someone’s feeling
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Word choice
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careful and considered
thoughts on a topic or
literary work
Ex: This is what you are doing when
you take time to look back and
think about something you have
read.
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Reflection
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choice of words
especially with regard to
correctness, clearness,
or effectiveness
Ex: A person may use different
_______ when in class and when
with his/her peers.
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Diction
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the attribution of a
personal nature or
character to inanimate
objects or abstract
notions
Ex: The sun threw its light down
upon us until we could bear it no
longer.
Personification
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Effective, well-grounded
evidence or arguments
used as the basis for an
action, decision or belief
Ex: The type of reasoning used to
make an argument effective or
correct
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Valid
reasoning
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expressing or covering
much in few words; brief
in form but
comprehensive in scope
Ex: “Earlier, I went to Wal-Mart.” instead of “I
went to the store. It was earlier today. The
store was Wal-mart.”
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Concise
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Fully and clearly
expressed or defined
Ex: The argument laid out over the
course of the fifty-page document
was __________.
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Explicit
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incongruity between the
actual result of a
sequence of events and
the normal or expected
result
Ex: The fireman’s house burned.
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Irony
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language spoken or
written according to the
rules of English
Ex: The type of English you use
when speaking or writing in class.
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Formal
English
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literary consequence or
import; the meaning or
intended purpose of
literary writing
Ex: Beowulf’s _____ ______ comes
from its roots in the history of the
written word and oral storytelling.
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Literary
significance
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making a comparison
between two things
without using like or as
Ex: The fans were statues as the
away team’s best player came to
the plate.
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Metaphor
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to communicate
effectively and
persuasively
Ex: Because of his skill with ________, the
audience unanimously agreed with his
argument by the end.
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Rhetoric
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one of the persons of a
drama or novel
Ex: the entire cast is composed of
these
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Character
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The main opponent or
adversary to the
protagonist
Ex: Darth Vader, the Green Goblin,
Iago
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Antagonist
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out-of-date,
does not fit in the
timeline
Ex: The story jumped around in
time. Back to the Future
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Anachronistic
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Outstanding –
The best possible
example
Ex: Shakespeare is an ___________
playwright.
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Exemplary
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the arrangement of
words, phrases, clauses
and sentences;
sentence construction
Ex: Also refers to the study of the
rules for the formation of
sentences.
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Syntax
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Someone who seeks
pleasure above all else
Ex: Marquis de Sade was considered a
___________ because he strived for
complete freedom to do whatever a
person wanted.
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Hedonist
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reasoning built on a
false notion or mistaken
belief
Ex: If you don’t wait to swim for at
least fifteen minutes after eating,
you will get a cramp.
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Fallacious
reasoning
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shorten, abridge
Ex: etc. - Dr. - Blvd.
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Abbreviate
a sentence or two in your
100 text
that contains the focus
of your essay and tells your
reader what the essay is
going to be about
Ex: The life of the typical college
student is characterized by time spent
studying, attending class, and
socializing with peers.
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Thesis statement