Figurative language

Question 0

figurative language example (4)

Answer 0

1) metaphor
2) simile
3) satire
4) irony

Question 1

figurative language (2)

Answer 1

1) doesn’t mean exactly what it says

2) forces the reader to make imaginative leap in order to comprehend an author

Question 2

diction (1)

Answer 2

one’s selection of particular word when one writes

Question 3

diction (3)

Answer 3

1) essay- formal
2) email to friend- informal
3) novel, short stories, poems- varied styles

Question 4

purpose of diction, phrases, sentences structure & fig. language (3)

Answer 4

1) to provide clarity, accuracy
2) to instill emotions in the reader
3) to make the reader imagine

Question 5

explication (3: what, how, what detailed)

Answer 5

1) careful examination Of a work
2) line by line
3) pay careful attention to diction, oh punctuation, white space, etc

Question 6

genre (1)

Answer 6

literary species or form

Question 7

genre examples (8)

Answer 7

1) short story- Cathedral, R. Carver
2) tragedy- othello, Shakespeare
3) epic- the odyssey, Homer
4) comedy- a midsummer nights dream, Shakespeare
5) novel- huckleberry Finn, mark twain
6) essay- shooting an elephant, G. Orwell
7) biography- William Blake, P. Ackroyd
8) poetry- Ozymandias, Shelley

Question 8

objective (1)

Answer 8

factual and rational viewpoint w/o personal feelings

Question 9

objective example professions (4)

Answer 9

1) scientists
2) mathematician
3) researcher
4) engineers

Question 10

subjective (1)

Answer 10

your opinion & personal feelings

Question 11

subjective examples careers (3)

Answer 11

1) therapist
2) early childhood educator
3) journalist

Question 12

point of view (1)

Answer 12

perspective the author uses to tell a story

Question 13

point of view - first person

Answer 13

writing from the “I” point of view

Question 14

point of view- 3rd person

Answer 14

1) writing from the “he-she-they” point of view

Question 15

point of view- 3rd person

omniscient

Answer 15

if the author enters the mind if more than one character

Question 16

point of view- 3rd person

limited

Answer 16

focuses on 1 person

Question 17

point of view- 2nd person

Answer 17

the protagonist or another main character is referred to by second person personal pronouns “you”

Question 18

setting (4)

Answer 18

relates necessary physical details,

1) time
2) place
3) physical detail

in which the story/poem/etc occurs

Question 19

setting - creates…

Answer 19

particular ambiance

Question 20

setting- examples (3)

Answer 20

1) worldwide totalitarian state- 1984
2) middle earth, lord of the rings
3) Italian wartime hospital for wounded soldiers, in another country

Question 21

tone (1)

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writer’s attitude toward the material &/or readers

Question 22

tone - examples (7+etc)

Answer 22

1) playful
2) formal
3) intimate
4) angry
5) serious
6) ironic
7) depressed

Question 23

empathy

Answer 23

sense of being able to put yourself inside one else’s shoes

understand others

Question 24

empathy- careers examples (2)

Answer 24

1) psychologist

2) teachers

Question 25

empathy- author’s strategist examples (3)

Answer 25

1) habits
2) likes
3) problems

Question 26

protagonist (3)

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1) central character
2) we empathize most strongly with this person
3) often has a tragic flaw that fuels out sympathy

Question 27

protagonist- examples (3)

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1( hamlet - indecisive

2) othello - jealous
3) Elizabeth Bennett- proud

Question 28

antagonist (2)

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1) any force that is in conflict with the protagonist

2) not necessarily a person

Question 29

antagonist- examples (5)

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1) pride & prejudice- miss bingley (class consciousness)
2) lord of the rings- sarumen & sauron
3) to build a fire- weather
4) Benjamin button- time
5) othello- iago

Question 30

foil (3)

Answer 30

character that offsets the main character or other characters by comparison

2) enhances the characteristics of the protagonist

3$ movies= sidekick

Question 31

foil- examples (2)

Answer 31

1) batman - robin

2! hamlet- laertes

Question 32

conflict (2) OR

Answer 32

1) main character is opposed by some other character or EXTERIOR FORCE

OR

2) the Maine character may have an inner PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUGGLE

Question 33

conflict - examples (4)

Answer 33

1) othello - iago
2) othello- jealousy over desdamona
3) frodo- sauron
4) frodo- desire to wield power of ring

Question 34

freytag’s pyramid (what)

Answer 34

list is 5 main stages

Question 35

freytag’s pyramid (5: stages)

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1) exposition
2) rising action
3) climax
4) falling action/ resolution
5) denouement/ conclusion

Question 36

freytag’s pyramid - exposition

Answer 36

1) introductory material that gives background
2) sets the scene
3) intro characters
4) establishes the situation at the beginning
5) ADDITIONAL EXPOSITION: scattered throughout story

Question 37

freytag’s pyramid - exposition EXAMPLE (3)

Answer 37

1) ghost sighting on the outer ramparts - Hamlet
2) wedding scene- godfather
3) usually gotta chapter of a novel

Question 38

freytag’s pyramid - rising action (1)

Answer 38

1) part where entanglement caused by conflict of opposing forces is developed

Question 39

freytag’s pyramid - rising action EXAMPLE (2)

Answer 39

1) iago beginnings to manipulate othello

2) Oliver Twist adopted into gang nd struggled with his emotions at becoming a criminal

Question 40

freytag’s pyramid - climax

Answer 40

turning point

Question 41

freytag’s pyramid - climax EXAMPLES (3)

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1) grandma overcomes prejudiced against common people before she is shot- good man is hard to find
2) narrator overcomes stereotypes about blind people - cathedral
3) big fight scenes at movies

Question 42

freytag’s pyramid - falling action/ resolution

Answer 42

1) complications of the rising action are untangled

2) tension drops

Question 43

freytag’s pyramid - denouement/conclusion (2)

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1) final outcome of main characters

2) ties loose ends if the plot lines of the major characters together

Question 44

foreshadowing (4)

Answer 44

1) literary decide
2) author plays on common beliefs that most readers will have some direct experience
3) cause anticipation at specific chan of events
4) enhances climax

Question 45

foreshadowing - EXAMPLES

Answer 45

1) Romeo & Juliet - both state early thr they would rather to die than to live apart