Exam Review Flashcards

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Chapter 1, name the four stages of the writing process

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prewriting
Writing a draft
Evaluating and revising
Proofreading and Publishing

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Chapter 1, list for pre-writing techniques for gathering ideas

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Free writing
Brainstorm
Grouping
Keeping a writers journal

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Chapter 1, name the four patterns of arrangements; how ideas can be arranged organized

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Chronological
Spatial
logical
Order of importance

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Chapter 2, explain the three parts of a paragraph

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introduction/thesis - tells the reader what the essay is about
Body - use details and evidence to support the thesis
Conclusion-gets final thoughts/opinions on the thesis

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what’s the four types of supporting sentences

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Sensory details
Facts and stats
Examples
Anecdotes

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chapter 3, list the four main parts of a composition/essay

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Introduction
Thesis statement
Body
Conclusion

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chapter 3 and four techniques for writing an introduction

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Begin with a question
Begin with a anecdote or small story
Start by stating a fact or opinion
Begin with background info

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Chapter 3, give 4 techniques for writing a conclusion

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Restate main idea
Summarize main points
End with final comments
Refer to the introduction

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Give three perforating hands and three types of airy you may find in your paper

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Read your essay backwards
Copper lines with a sheet of paper
Check for typical mistakes

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What is an antagonist

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Prevents the protagonist from getting what they want

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What is the basic situation

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The exposition or the beginning of the story

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What is a character

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The individuals in a work ( people, animals; aliens.etc)

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What is characterization

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The way the writer reveals the characters qualities and traits (Personality directly or individual traits

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What is climax

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The point where we learn what the outcome will be

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What is the conflict

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The problem or when two forces oppose each other

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What is external conflict

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Occurs when a character faces off nature, another character, or a whole society

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what is internal conflict

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Occurs inside a characters mind or heart

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What is a flashback

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I seen that occurs out of sequence and tells what happened in the past

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What is foreshadowing

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Colors that can’t what will happen later in the story

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what is irony

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contrast between appearance or expectation and reality (what you expect is not what happens)

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What is verbal irony

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One thing is said but another thing is meant

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What is situational irony

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What is expected to happen doesn’t happen

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What is dramatic irony

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The audience knows something the character does not

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what is mood

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A stories emotional affect (atmosphere)

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What is motivation
The reasons for characters actions
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What is plot
A series of related events
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What is point of view
The angle of what the story is told
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What is first person
narrator is the character and speaks As I; the narrator can only tell what he or she sees, hears, etc.
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What is third person
The narrator is outside the story – not a character-it doesn’t use eyes but uses he, she, etc
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What is third person omniscient
The narrator can tell the thoughts of any character(all knowing)
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What is prediction
Educated guess on what the plot will be based on clues in the text
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What is the protagonist
The main character
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What is resolution
The closing of the story
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What does sequence
when stories present a plot in order
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What is setting
The time and place in which the story is set in
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What is suspense
Sentence structure to heightened readers anticipation
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What is symbol
I think that represents or stands for something else
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What is theme
An important idea about life or human nature in the story
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What is visualizing
To imagine or form a mental image of some thing
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What is a direct reference
When a writer directly describes a character’s traits
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noun
A person,place,thing,or idea
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what is a verb
A word that shows action
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Pronoun
A word that takes the place of a noun
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adjective
a word that modifies a noun or pronoun
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Adverb
A word that describes a verb
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Preposition
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
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Conjunction
A word that joins to phrases or sentences
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interjection
A word that expressed emotion
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subject
tells who it what the sentence is about
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direct object
a noun or pronoun that directly received the action of the verb or shows the result of the action. A direct object answers the question what or whom after the verb
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indirect object
is a noun or pronoun or that precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action verb has done
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predicate adjective
an adjective in the predicate that describes the subject of a sentence /clause
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predicate nominative
A noun or pronoun in the predicate that identifies or renames the subject of a sentence
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Participle
A verb form that could be used as an adjective and ends ing or ed
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Gerund
A verb form, ends in ing and acts as a noun
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infinitive
A verb form, usually proceeded by to, that could be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb
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appositive
A noun or a pronoun placed beside another noun, or pronoun to identify or explain it
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simple sentence
One independent clause
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compound sentence
two or more independent clauses
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complex sentence
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
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compound-complex sentence
At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses