Semester 1

Question 1

What is Figurative language?

Answer 1

Using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful.

Question 2

What is a metaphor?

Answer 2

A comparison between two things NOT using like or as.

Question 3

What are the 7 reasons why stories are important

Answer 3

1. to escape
2. to teach lessons
3. reinforce societal norms
4. to find solutions
5. to answer questions
6. to connect us
7. to persuade or change societies

Question 4

What order do each part or the plot structure go in?

Answer 4

1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax (turning point)
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution

Question 5

What is antithesis?

Answer 5

Two words put together in a text that have two opposite meanings.
Example: “That’s one ‘small step’ for man, one ‘giant leap’ for mankind.”

Question 6

What is diction?

Answer 6

A style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or writer

Question 7

How does the level of formality influence appropriate choices?

Answer 7

• formal diction is used for scholarly writing and serious prose or poetry
• informal diction is the norm in expository essays, newspaper editorials, and works of fiction

Question 8

What is Denotation?

Answer 8

The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

Question 9

What is connotation?

Answer 9

idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 10

What is a complex character?

Answer 10

An important or dynamic character that undergoes an important change as the plot unfolds

Question 11

What is Theme?

Answer 11

The message that the author wants you to come away from the story with

Question 12

What is tone?

Answer 12

In a piece of literature, decides how the readers read a literary piece and how they should feel while they are reading it

The tone can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, cheerful, or any other existing attitudes

Question 13

What is Alliteration?

Answer 13

when words closely together have the same letter or sound at the beginning of each word

Question 14

What is Assonance

Answer 14

takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds

Question 15

What is Internal Rhyme?

Answer 15

a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which it’s middle words and it’s end words rhyme with each other

Question 16

What is style?

Answer 16

any of the characteristic ways that an author uses language

Question 17

What is parallel structure?

Answer 17

the deliberate use of repeated words, phrases, or clauses to create a distinct rhythm or fluency in our writing

Question 18

Which is the better parallel structure example?

1. A good attitude, being on time, and speaking effectively are her attributes.
2. Having a good attitude, being on time, and speaking effectively are her attributes.

Answer 18

2

Question 19

Which is the better parallel structure example?

1. When talking to a group, he spoke sincerely and with passion
2. When talking to a group he spoke sincerely and passionately

Answer 19

2

Question 20

What is Ethos?

Answer 20

An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader

Question 21

What is pathos?

Answer 21

an appeal to emotion is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response

Question 22

What is logos?

Answer 22

An appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason

Question 23

I love chocolate. I ate 10 candy bars while watching tv, which makes my tummy hurt. Chocolate satisfies my sweet tooth.
The excerpt best reflects which level of diction?
a. Low
b. Neutral
c. High
d. High/neutral

Answer 23

b. Neutral