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Compare

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COMMAND TERM

Describe how the elements of one event, issue or character are similar to those of another.

Often use in conjunction with CONTRAST.

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Assess

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COMMAND TERM

Estimate the value of something based on some criteria; present an informed judgement.

  • Pick a side.
  • Make criteria (not just personal answer)
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Contrast

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COMMAND TERM

Describe how elements or qualities of one event, issue or character are different from those of another.

Often used in conjunction with CONTRAST.

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Describe

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COMMAND TERM

Give a detailed or graphic account of an object, event or concept.

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Discuss

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COMMAND TERM

Present the various points of view in a debate or argument; engage in written discourse on a particular topic, process or concept.

  • Do NOT pick a side (look at ALL sides of an argument)
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Evaluate

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COMMAND TERM

Use criteria or standards to make judgements about the strengths and weaknesses of a position on a particular topic.

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Explain

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COMMAND TERM

Give an account of a position on a particular issue.

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To What Extent

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COMMAND TERM

Advance arguments in favour of a position or point of view and respind to or take into account arguments opposed to that position or point of view

  • Pick a side
  • Find counter arguments to your own argumets
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Active Voice

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GRAMMAR

Relating to or denoting the voice that attributes the action of a verb to the person or thing from which it logically proceeds.

Ex. Guns kill; we saw him

Opposite of PASSIVE VOICE.

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Allegory

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LITERARY DEVICE

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

May be a genre to which such works belong, or a symbol.

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Alliteration

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LITERARY DEVICE

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Analogy

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LITERATY DEVICE

A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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Antagonist

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STORY ELEMENT

A character who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

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Anti-climax

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STORY ELEMENT

A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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Antithesis

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STORY ELEMENT

A character or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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Apostrophe

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GRAMMAR

A punctuation mark ( ‘ ) used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers.

Ex. Harry’s book; can’t; class of ‘97

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Argumentative Essay

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ESSAY TYPE

Essay expressing divergent or opposite views, using systematic reasoning.

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Anecdotal Evidence

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ESSAY ELEMENT

Evidence based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.

May not necessarily be reliable.

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Archaic Language

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LITERARY DEVICE

Very old or old-fashioned language.

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Aside

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THEATRE

A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.

A fourth wall break in theatre.

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Assonance

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LITERARY DEVICE

The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables.

Ex. Petinence, reticence

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Atmosphere

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STORY/POETIC ELEMENT

The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.

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Audience

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STORY ELEMENT

The spectators of a story (the readers, listeners, viewers, etc.)

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Autobiography

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STORY TYPE

An account of a person’s life written by that person.

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Ballad

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POEM TYPE

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

Typically slow, sentimental and/or romantic

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Ballad stanza

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POETIC DEVICE

A group of short lines forming the basic recurring, metrical unit of a ballad poem.

A verse of a ballad.

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Bias

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ESSAY ELEMENT

Prejudice in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair/lacking anything other than personal evidence.

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Biography

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STORY TYPE

An account of someone’s life written by someone else.

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Blamk Verse

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POEM TYPE

Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters.

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Cacophony

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LITERARY DEVICE

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

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Caricature

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LITERARY ELEMENT

A description or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

A ludicrous or grotesque version of someone/something.

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Case Study

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LITERARY TYPE

A process or record if research into the development if a particular person, group or situation over time.

(remember HM and Phineas Gage, for example)

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Catastrophe

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STORY ELEMENT

An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering.

A disaster.

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