Misc. Flashcards
What are healthy ads?
Ones that advertise a healthy lifestyle.
What are unhealthy ads?
Ones that have hidden meanings and intentions.
Tell me the obvious and hidden
In a TV commercial a boy eats a bowl of cereal. He is able to fly over his house and city with amazing superpowers.
Obvious- Buy The cereal.
Hidden- Feel like a superhero with the cereal.
MEMORIZE THIS LIST:
Symbols – words, places, images, songs, etc. that represent something else.
Hyperbole – another word for an extreme exaggeration.
Fear – sometimes, media makes us afraid that if we don’t pay attention, something bad could happen.
Humor – making someone laugh is a particularly effective persuasive technique.
The Big Lie – sometimes, media doesn’t tell the truth.
Testimonials – using famous people to sell products and ideas.
Repetition – constant bombardment of an idea or product.
Name Calling – making fun of others to sell something.
Flattery – complimenting someone to force them to pay attention.
Bribery – offering something we want. Buy one, get one free!
Bandwagon – this technique implies that everyone else is involved, so why not you?
Warm and Fuzzy – cute images to help sell a product.
Beautiful People – good looking models make us believe we can look like them.
Plain folks – people just like us use the product. That guy looks just like me, so I should use his
Scientific Evidence – stats and charts that persuade us that something is worthwhile.
Examples:
A white dove traditionally symbolizes peace.
Our hot dogs are the tastiest in the world.
Buy this alarm, or your car will be stolen!
Funny dogs in a commercial to advertise dog food.
Sugar-Crunch Cereal offers a nutritional way to start your day.
A hockey star uses a certain stick, so I should too.
Having a commercial play in heavy rotation.
The new kid is strange because he doesn’t eat a certain kind of candy bar.
The cool and smart kids eat that kind of candy bar.
All the cool kids wear this brand of jeans. Shouldn’t you?
Those cute cats love that fabric softener, so I will too.
I’ll look just like her if I wear that brand of lip gloss product.
Nine of ten teachers surveyed that children should get at least eight hours of sleep a night if they are going to do well in school.
What are the five parts of a story?
Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution
What are the types of conflict?
Man v Man Man v Himself Man v Society Man v Nature Man v Supernatural
What are the types of characters?
Flat & Round
Dynamic & Static
What are the points of view in a story?
First Person
Third Person
Omniscient
Define these terms:
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Oxymoron
- Personification
- Anthropomorphism
- Hyperbole
- Onomatopoeia
- A comparison using like or as
- A comparison or transition fromm one thing to another.
- A series of words that begin with the same letter.
- A contradictory sentence.
- Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
- Giving human characteristics to something inanimate
- An exaggeration
- A sound effect.
What are the fiction genres? Explain.
a. Science Fiction - fiction based on futuristic science: a form of fiction, usually set in the future, that deals with imaginary scientific and technological developments and contact with other worlds
b. Mystery – fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of a crime.
c. Folktale - traditional story: a story or legend that is passed down orally from one generation to the next and becomes part of a community’s tradition.
d. Fable - story that teaches a lesson: a short story with a moral, especially one in which the characters are animals.
e. Modern Fantasy - The genre is often characterized by its use of time travel, or imaginary beings from other planets, or animals that talk.
What are the non-fiction genres? Explain.
a. Historical - novel set in the past: a novel set in the past that includes real events and people from that period.
b. Autobiography - life story written by self: an account of somebody’s life written by that person.
c. Biography - account of somebody’s life: an account of somebody’s life, for example, in the form of a book, movie, or television program, written or produced by another person.
What are the poetry types? Explain.
- Epic - long narrative poem: a lengthy narrative poem in elevated language celebrating the adventures and achievements of a legendary or traditional hero, for example, HOMER’S Odyssey
- Sonnet - fourteen-line rhyming poem with set structure: a short poem with fourteen lines, usually ten-syllable rhyming lines, divided into two, three, or four sections. There are many rhyming patterns for sonnets, and they are usually written in iambic pentameter.
- Haiku - short Japanese poem: a form of Japanese poetry with 17 syllables in three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often describing nature or a season.
- Acrostic - written lines containing word: a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which particular letters, for example, the first, in each line spell a word or phrase
- Elegy: A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful. An example of this type of poem is Thomas Gray “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
- Ode: A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure. John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a famous example of this type of poem.
What are the play types? Explain.
- Comedy - comic works, especially plays, considered as a literary genre. In these plays, the protagonist usually resolves the conflict within the storyline successfully.
- Tragedy - tragic play: a serious play with a tragic theme, often involving a heroic struggle and the downfall of the main character
- History - historical play: a play that deals with historical events
