Module 1 terminology

Question 1

Fairy Tale

Answer 1

-little mermaid
-story intended for children, features fanciful and wonderous characters

Question 2

Plot

Answer 2

-events and actions that contribute to the intended effects of a narrative or dramatic work

Question 3

Elements of Plot

Answer 3

Exposition: conflict arises
Rising Action: complications arise from conflict increase
Climax: conflict reaches moment of crisis
Falling Action: circumstances turn against the hero again
Denouement: catastrophe or conclusion -plot wrapped up

Question 4

Noun

Answer 4

person, place, thing

Question 5

verb

Answer 5

an action word -falls

Question 6

gerund

Answer 6

a verb form with an ing ending- functions as a noun -running, doing

Question 7

Visual Imagery

Answer 7

language used to denote a mental picture

Question 8

Setting

Answer 8

time and place at which action of narrative transpires

Question 9

Subject + Verb + Object

Answer 9

subject: what is performing the verb
Verb: what the subject is doing
object: what the subject is acting upon

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

the comparison of one thing with another using the words like or as

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

a comparison that describes one thing in terms of another without drawing attention to that comparison by using like or as

Question 12

Parts of Metaphor or Simile

Answer 12

tenor: true subject
vehicle: term used to depict idea
grounds: common associations between tenor and vehicle

Question 13

binary System

Answer 13

-system in which a pair of things or concepts have completely opposite meanings
-good or evil, right or wrong

Question 14

Anthropomorphism

Answer 14

ascription of uniquely human qualities given to nonhuman animals or deities (gods, angels)
-in 15 Dogs, how to love bats, old Cicada

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects
-description of abstract quality as though it were a person

Question 16

Independent Clause

Answer 16

A clause that:
has a subject, has an active verb, expressed a complete thought

Question 17

Argument

Answer 17

-presentation of an interpretation based on evidence

Question 18

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 18

words that connect 2 equal units to each other
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
-join subjects, objects, independent clauses

Question 19

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 19

moves from general principles to conclusions about specific qualities

Question 20

Inductive reasoning

Answer 20

moves from specific info/ examples to more general conclusions

Question 21

Dependent Clause

Answer 21

a group of words that:
has a subject, has a verb, does not express a complete thought
-cannot form a complete sentence
-may appear before independent clause

Question 22

Sentence Fragment

Answer 22

a grammatical error in which a sentence does not contain an independent clause

Question 23

Comma Splice

Answer 23

a grammatical error in which two independent clauses are joined using only a comma

Question 24

Runon Sentence

Answer 24

a grammatical error in which two independent clauses are joined without the use of punctuation

Question 25

Apsotrophes

Answer 25

show possession, boat’s engine, lawyer’s speech

Question 26

Hint Fiction

Answer 26

max 25 words
-poetry or prose

Question 27

Microfiction

Answer 27

max 300 words
-compare titles

Question 28

Allusion

Answer 28

a casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature without explicit identification
-In Aniskohocikan

Question 29

Joining Clause

Answer 29

-begin with dependent clause, place comma at end before starting next clause
-no punctuation s required when start with independent and move to dependent
-joining 2 independent requires comma, but also coordinating junction