Running Notes 101-110

Question 1

Writing style also shows that the writer is a logical and fair-minded person, able to realize that every argument has several sides to consider before it is presented. This type of writing can be considered strong as it finds common ground between you and your opponent.

Answer 1

Concession-Part II

Question 2

A literary device in which two or more words are joined together to coin a new word. A portmanteau word is formed by blending parts of two or more words but it always refers to a single concept.

Answer 2

Portmanteau

Question 3

The linking and blending of two or more words and the new word formed in the process shares the same meanings as the original words. It is different from a compound in that it could have a completely different meaning from the words that it was coined from.
Ex:
1. fan + magazine = fanzine
2. cyberspace + magazine = cyberzine

Answer 3

Coinage of Portmanteau

Question 4

An actor’s speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. An aside is used to let the audience know what a character is about to do or what he or she is thinking.

Answer 4

Aside

Question 5

The repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry.

Answer 5

Assonance

Question 6

The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing. A writer considers his or her audience when deciding on a subject, a purpose for writing and the tone and style in which to write.

Answer 6

Audience

Question 7

This is an authors reason for creating a particular work. The purpose can be to entertain, explain or inform, express an opinion, or to persuade.

Answer 7

Author’s Purpose

Question 8

This is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.

Answer 8

Ballad

Question 9

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Answer 9

Blank Verse

Question 10

A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry.

Answer 10

Caesura

Question 11

This is the techniques that writers use to create viable characters.
Character trait: a character’s personality; a trait is not a physical description of a character. -direct characterization: the author directly states a character’s traits or makes direct comments about a character’s nature.
Dynamic character: a character who changes throughout the course of the story.
Flat character: a character about whom little information is provided.
Indirect characterization: the author does not directly state a character’s traits; instead the reader draws conclusions and discovers a character’s traits based upon clues provided by the author.
Round character: is a character who is fully described by the author (several character traits, background information, etc.)
Static character: a character who does not change or who changes very little in the course of a story.

Answer 11

Characterization