nonfiction 2

Question 1

Mode of discourse

Answer 1

A method that a writer uses to have a conversation with the reader

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

a direct comparison of unlike things

Question 3

Thesis statement

Answer 3

The major point of an essay containing a subject and an opinion about the subject.

Question 4

Author’s purpose

Answer 4

The reason why the author writes an essay

Question 5

Essay unity

Answer 5

the state when every sentence in the essay is related to the thesis statement

Question 6

Style

Answer 6

the unqiue way an author presents his ideas

Question 7

Subordination

Answer 7

The process of giving one idea less emphasis than another idea in a sentence

Question 8

Rhetorical Question

Answer 8

It is a question that does not expect an answer because the answer is obvious.

Question 9

Coherence

Answer 9

The trait that creates a logical orderly pattern that is easy to understand

Question 10

Setting

Answer 10

the physical and emotion background of a story

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

a comparison of unlike things using like or as

Question 12

Symbol

Answer 12

a concrete object that has two meanings, a literal meaning and a secondary meaning LM - the object actually exists in the literary work SM- the object suggests other ideas

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

the giving of human qualities to something that is not human A)body parts B)emotions C) actions

Question 14

Allegory

Answer 14

the use of characters, objects, or events to represent other ideas

Question 15

Image

Answer 15

A description of something that apeals to the senses

Question 16

Alliteration

Answer 16

the repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry

Question 17

Assonance

Answer 17

the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry

Question 18

Irony

Answer 18

Something that seems one way, but in reality is another

Question 19

Situational irony

Answer 19

a situation that occurs that neither the reader nor the character expects

Question 20

Dramatic irony

Answer 20

a truth the reader knows but the character does not know

Question 21

Allusion

Answer 21

A reference to something well known from the past

Question 22

Verbal irony

Answer 22

a statement that says the opposite of what is meant

Question 23

Theme

Answer 23

The point the writer makes about life or people

Question 24

Conflict

Answer 24

the struggle between opposing forces

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

the way the writer feels about the subject or the reader

Question 26

Persona

Answer 26

the speaker of the poem

Question 27

Rhyme scheme

Answer 27

the pattern in which rhymes occur

Question 28

Plot

Answer 28

the pattern of events

Question 29

Foreshadowing

Answer 29

hinting of something that will happen later in the story

Question 30

5 types of point of view

Answer 30

1)first person narrator 2) second person narrator 3) third person omniscient narrator 4) third person limited omniscient narrator 5) third person objective narrator

Question 31

6 ways to reveal character

Answer 31

1)actions 2) thoughts 3)features 4) other characters 5)past 6) setting

Question 32

3 stages of an initiation story

Answer 32

1) a young person starts out inocent 2) the young person encounters something harsh 3) the young person experiences an epiphany, a realization about the harshness of the world

Question 33

4 sentence structures

Answer 33

Simple sentence, compound sentence, compound-complex sentence, and complex sentence

Question 34

4 sentence types

Answer 34

interrogative sentence, imperative sentence, exclamatory sentence, and declarative sentence

Question 35

9 rhetorical strategies

Answer 35

Description, narration, exemplification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, classification/division, process analysis, argumentation, and definition

Question 36

2 methods of developing comparison or contrast

Answer 36

Point by point

Block method.

Question 37

4 modes of discourse

Answer 37

exposition, narrative, description, and argument/persuasion

Question 38

4 types of essay organization

Answer 38

1.) Chronological Order (events arranged accordion to how they occur in time) 2.) Order of Importance (put most important idea last, second most important idea first) 3.) Space Order (describes the appearance of a physical place. i.e. left to right, top to bottom) 4.) From One Extreme to Another (general to specific, most familiar to least familiar, smallest to largest)

Question 39

6 author’s purposes

Answer 39

1.) to entertain/ amuse 2.) to persuade/ motivate/ or argue 3.) to inform 4.) to ridicule/ mock 5.) to question 6.) to elicit an emotional response

Question 40

4 types of humor

Answer 40

slapstick, shared experience, hyperbole, and juxtaposition of opposites