1 semester exam Flashcards

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1
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Expository

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And essay that makes an assertion and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary

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Effective

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Producing a desired or intended result

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3
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Coherence

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The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

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4
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Objective

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Supported by facts and not influenced by opinion

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Subjective

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Influenced by personal opinion or ideas

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Inference

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A logical guess or explanation based on observation, prior information, or textual evidence

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Search term

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A word or phrase used to find topics on A database

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8
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consensus

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A whole group agreeing on the same thing

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effect

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a change that results from a specific action

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consequence

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something that logically or naturally follows

from an action or condition

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theme

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the main idea, lesson, or purpose of a work

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metaphor

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a comparison between two unlike things calling one thing another

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13
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Hypothesize

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propose an explanation for something or make

an assumption or guess

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credibility

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the quality of being trusted or believed

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primary source

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something that is a direct source such as a speech written on paper

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secondary source

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a summary or opinion about a primary source

17
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norm

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something that is usual or always like that

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denotation

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the dictionary definition of a word

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connotation

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that implied meaning of a word

20
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characterization

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the way or process that an author creates a character

21
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symbol

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an object, person, or place that represents something else

22
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symbolism

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the use of symbols

23
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expository writing

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an essay that makes an assertion

and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and comments

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documentary

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a non fiction motion picture intended to

document, or record, some aspect of real life, primarily for

the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record

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rhetoric

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the use of language

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genre

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a category or type of literature, such as short story, folk

tale, poem, novel, play

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stanza

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a group of lines in a poem

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narrative

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a type of writing that tells a story or describes a

sequence of events in an incident

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personification

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a kind of metaphor that gives objects or

abstract ideas human characteristics

30
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myth

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a traditional story that explains the actions of gods or

heroes or the origins of the elements of nature

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theme

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the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work

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plot

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the sequence of related events that make up a story

or novel

33
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sensory details

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words or information that appeal to the five senses

34
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figurative language

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imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

35
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analogies

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a comparison of the similarity of two things; for

example, comparing a part to a whole or the whole to a part

36
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rhetorical question

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a question asked to emphasize a point or

create an effect; no answer is expected

37
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claim

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a position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or

makes an argument

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counterclaim

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reasoning or facts

given in opposition to an argument