Exam 5 Flashcards
From Hiroshima
John Hersey
-The story of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
-Regarded as one of the earliest examples of new journalism, in which the storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to nonfiction reporting
The death of the ball turret gunner
Randall Jarrell
-Moving poem about the death of a soldier during the Second World War
-A deceased soldier describes his birth and innocence while juxtaposing it with his job as a gunner and death
The life you save may be your own
Flannery O’Conner
-Short story About corruption, the last innocence, and how we become aware of our errors yet seldom too much to correct ourselves
The first seven years
Bernard Malamund
-A polish immigrants desire to see his daughter achieve a better life
-His notion however is not the same as hers when it regards of life
Mirror
Sylvia Plath
-This poem describes mirror and its owner who grows older as the mirror observes. The mirror forms no judgments and merely swallows what it sees, that’s reflecting the image back without any alteration. It is only honest and assumes it’s south of 4 corners eye of God that sees everything exactly as it is
Courage
Anne Sexton
-Argues the idea that it is only through fortitude and courage that human beings are able to survive and flourish
The explorer
Gwendolyn Brooks
-Expresses the injustice of the black society and finding peace and quiet
In this poem Brooks talk about how African-Americans are oppressed by whites
Frederick Douglass
Robert Hayden
-Is a hopeful poem about freedom and equal rights. In the first part of the poem, the speaker describes how one day, in the future, the needful things at its freedom will be instinctual. All human beings will be treated equally under the law and within social settings
Perspective
Outlook/View
Objective perspective
The narrator reports events without obvious emotion or bias
Subjective perspective
The narrator expresses personal feelings about the events
Editorial
- A persuasive essay that appears in a news publication and expresses the opinion of the publications editor or editorial board
- It’s purpose is to affect readers opinions on an issue of public concern
- Most editorials are short and tightly structured
- I will include a clear thesis, or main idea, and several pieces of persuasive, high interest support
Editorial cartoon
Is a drawing that contains a message or opinion
- Emphasizes visual elements such as oversimplified objects in caricatures
- These combined with verbal elements such as captions and embedded words to express opinion afternoon a humorous way
Poster ads
Typically include a heading, contact information or directions, visual elements, and one or more catchy phrases
Gothic tradition
- Taking its name from an architectural style in the middle ages
- began in England in the late 1700s
- many were written by women
- Typically featured lonely desolate settings and the remote countryside
- Riders in Gothic tradition establish an ominous atmosphere from the very beginning of the story
Grotesque character
Is one Who has become bizarre or twisted, usually through some kind of obsession
- Does not mean ugly or disgusting 
Indirect characterization
Traits are revealed through
-the characters words, thoughts, And actions
-descriptions of the characters appearance or background
-What other characters say about him or her
-How other characters react to or respond
Plot
A story follows a sequence of events called a plot
Exposition
Introduces the setting, characters, and situation
Inciting incident
a specific event at the beginning of a story that kicks off the main plot by forcing your main character into it.
Established the central conflict
Development
The conflict increases
Climax
The plot reaches a high point of interest or suspense at the climax
Resolution
Explains the end of the central conflict.
Epiphany
Or a moment of insight, that affects the conflict but does not resolve it
Rising action
Events that lead up to the climax make up this
Falling action
Those that follow the rising action make up the falling action
Foreshadowing
Along the way writers may also use this which are
- Clues, to hint at what will happen next
- Foreshadowing can increase suspense and help build toward the climax
- it also creates a sense of unity in a story as hints planted early in the plot development meaningful moments later
Figurative language
Is language that is used imaginatively rather than literally. Two types of figurative language, simple and metaphor, compare seemingly to similar things
Simile
Is a comparison that uses a connecting words such as like or as
-as busy as a bee
Metaphor
Is a comparison that does not use a connecting word. Instead, the comparison is either implied or directly stated
-Your courage was a small coal
Repetition
Is the repeating of keywords or concepts
Parallelism
Is the presentation of similar ideas using the same grammatical structures
Rhetorical devices
Technique that an author or writer uses as a goal of persuading
used by writers to win an audience to their side
Themes
Subject slash melody