Final Exam English

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A writer's choice of words and the way they are arranged in the sentence

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Diction

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Descriptive words and phrases taht appeal to a reader's senses

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Imagry

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Turning point of the story

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Climax

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Main character of the story

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Protagonist

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A form of language as it is spoken in a particular region or group

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dialect

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A writer's hints or clues to later events in a story

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foreshadowing

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Time and place of a story

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Setting

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Occurs after the climax of the story

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falling action

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what they essay is about

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topic

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what you have to say about the evidence

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explanation

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lat paragraph of the essay, which closes the discussion of the topic

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conclusion

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Editing and making changes in content, style, and orginization

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revising

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Picking your topic and organizing your ideas and evidence

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Pre-writing

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Writing all of the information you have gathered in paragraph form

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drafting

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what you have to say about a subtopic

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Idea

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A breakdown of the main topic into parts, also called the 'body paragraphs'

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sub-topic

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Facts that relate to the sub-topic. Can be given in the form of quotations and examples

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evidence

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Middle three (or more) paragraphs of the essay, which develop, explain and support the sub-topics

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body

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A poem or series of lines in which certain letters usually the first in each line form a name

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Acrostic

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of vowel sounds wihin non-rhyming words

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Assonance

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a person, place, activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself

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symbol

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The continuation of a sentence or idea from one line of a couplet poem to the next

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enjambement

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the repetition of one or more lines in each stanza of a poem. recurring phrase or line

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refrain

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a unit of verse made up of such a row or formed of a certain number of metrical feet characteritic of the verse. basic part of poem

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line

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a category of poetic literature that is distinguished from the narrative and dramatic poems. short, usually personal and song like

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lyric

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the regualar pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry. (all poems have rhythem, not all have this)

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Meter

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a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributeed to an objectr, animal, or idea

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personification

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CRASH BANG BOOM

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onomatopoeia

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A general pardon, especially one granteed by a government to people who have committed political offenses

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amnesty

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to fail to keep a promise, especially a promise to repay a loan

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default

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a harsh mixture of sounds, conflict

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discord

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in a way impossible to untangle

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inextricably

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closely

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intimately

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justifiable, resonable

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legitimate

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an ability to move, as from one social class to another

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mobility

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deadly, harmful

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pernicious

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a return to a state of friendship or harmony

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reconciliation

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to keep alive, support

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sustain

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being tolerant or lenient

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indulgently

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To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace

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degraded

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Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous

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proverbial

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As a result; therefore.

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consequently

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public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

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appropriation

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THMES: I have a Dream ; Glory and Hope ;The Utterly Perfect Murder ; The Possibility of Evil

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Unity, rising up to live in harmony togther ; persistance throught struggles leads to good changes ' revenge ; ignorance??

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what is the difference between simile and metaphor?

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simile uses like or as

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what are the different types of speeches?

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imprompteau, how-to, persuasive

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how do you organize a speech's outline?

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opening statement,
visualization,
the need step
the satisfaction step
the action step

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what are proper public speakin techniques for an individual?

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WATCH:
motion
facials
audience
volume

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name the 6 types of poetry

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ballad
limrick
acrostic
free verse
haiku
exaggeration

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give an example of personification

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the trees danced in the wind, the moon howled

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what is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

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summarizing - takes up shorter space, basic idea of work
paraphrasing - same length, word for word / phrase for phrase of work in other terms

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name 5 ways of beginning speech

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question
startling statement
reference
quotation
illustration or story

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what is rhyme scheme in poetry and how is it marked?

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ABAB, it is the way the lines rhyme in a specific order

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what are the differences between outlining, listing, and webbing?

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outining is making a 'skeleton' of what your composition will look like. listing is writing down ideas in column form off the top of your head. webbing is making a 'flow chart' that branches off your brainstorms and possible ideas.

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What is prewriting? what are different ways to organize my thoughts for writing an essay?

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Prewriting is when you pick your toic, then organize your ideas and evidence through listing, webbing, and outlining