Quarter 3 Review

Question 1

Define mode of discourse

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Define thesis statement

Answer 2

the major point of an essay, containing a subject and an assertion about the subject

Question 3

Define author’s purpose

Answer 3

the point the writer makes about life or people

Question 4

Define essay unity

Answer 4

the state when every sentence in the essay relates to the thesis statement

Question 5

Define style

Answer 5

the unique way an author presents his ideas

Question 6

Define coherence

Answer 6

trait that creates an orderly, logical pattern that’s easy to understand

Question 7

Define hyperbole

Answer 7

an extreme exaggeration of the defects or unusual qualities of a person or thing

Question 8

Define subordination

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Define rhetorical question

Answer 9

a question that doesn’t require an answer because the answer is obvious

Question 10

Define diction

Answer 10

author’s choice of words

Question 11

Define satire

Answer 11

a work that ridicules humans or social institutions

Question 12

Define parody

Answer 12

the imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work

Question 13

Define metaphor

Answer 13

a direct comparison of unlike things

Question 14

Define simile

Answer 14

a comparison of unlike things using like or as

Question 15

Define symbol

Answer 15

a concrete object with two meanings, a literal meaning or a secondary meaning

Question 16

Define personification

Answer 16

the giving of human qualities to something that is not human

Question 17

Define allegory

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Define image

Answer 18

the description of something that can be perceived by the senses

Question 19

Define alliteration

Answer 19

the repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry

Question 20

Define assonance

Answer 20

the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry

Question 21

Define tone

Answer 21

the way the writer feels about the subject or the reader

Question 22

Define plot

Answer 22

the pattern of events

Question 23

Define rhyme scheme

Answer 23

the pattern in which rhymes occur

Question 24

Define setting

Answer 24

the physical and emotional background of the story

Question 25

Define irony

Answer 25

something that seems one way but in reality is different

Question 26

Define situational irony

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Define dramatic irony

Answer 27

a truth the reader knows but the character does not know

Question 28

Define allusion

Answer 28

a reference to something well known from the past

Question 29

Define foreshadowing

Answer 29

hinting at something that will happen later in the story

Question 30

Define theme

Answer 30

the point the writer makes about life or people

Question 31

Define conflict

Answer 31

the struggle between opposing forces

Question 32

Define persona

Answer 32

the speaker of a poem

Question 33

Define verbal irony

Answer 33

statement that says the opposite of what is meant

Question 34

5 points of view

Answer 34

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 35

6 ways to reveal character

Answer 35

1) describe his actions
2) describe his past
3) describe the setting in which he lives
4) describe his physical features
5) describe how other characters describe him
6) describe his thoughts

Question 36

3 stages of an initiation story

Answer 36

1) a young person starts out innocent
2) a young person encounters something harsh
3) a young person has an epiphany (a realization about the harshness of life)

Question 37

4 modes of discourse

Answer 37

1) exposition
2) narration
3) description
4) argumentation/ persuasion

Question 38

6 author’s purposes

Answer 38

1) to inform
2) to entertain
3) to persuade
4) to question
5) to elicit an emotional response
6) to ridicule or mock

Question 39

4 types of essay organization

Answer 39

1) chronological order
2) space order
3) order of importance
4) one extreme to another

Question 40

9 rhetorical strategies

Answer 40

1) description
2) narration
3) exemplification
4) comparison/contrast
5) cause and effect
6) classification/division
7) process analysis
8) argumentation
9) definition

Question 41

2 methods of developing comparison or contrast

Answer 41

1) block method

2) point-by-point method

Question 42

4 sentence structures

Answer 42

1) simple sentence
2) complex sentence
3) compound sentence
4) compound-complex sentence

Question 43

4 sentence types

Answer 43

1) declarative sentence
2) interrogative sentence
3) imperative sentence
4) exclamatory sentence

Question 44

3 rhetorical appeals

Answer 44

1) ethical appeal
2) emotional appeal
3) logical appeal

Question 45

3 forms of intensifying

Answer 45

1) repetition
2) association
3) composition

Question 46

3 forms of downplaying

Answer 46

1) omission
2) diversion
3) confusion