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21 Cards in this Set
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Define what theme is and what is not |
A discovery of a truth about our own Human Experience theme is not a topic |
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How are themes discovered |
By the title actions and plot |
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How can you infer theme |
By the title action and plot |
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How do you find the theme of the story |
By finding the life lessons the character in the story and how can you imply that your own life |
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Why is theme not directly stated by the author |
The theme is not directly stated by the author because the theme is what the writers want you discover |
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What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction |
Fiction is made up stories and nonfiction are facts about real people places and events |
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Define short story |
A short work of fiction with a few characters who moved through a series of events |
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Define novella |
A short novel |
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What is prose and what is not prose |
Prose what you speak in prose isn't poetry |
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What is stanza |
A division of four or more lines having a fixed length meter or rhyming scheme |
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Identify figurative language a poem similes metaphors and personification |
A figure of speech that shows similarities between two different things, a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object to which it is not literature applicable, a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman |
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Use of punctuation in poetry Style |
You can use punctuation in poetry Style by using commas periods question mark And more |
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Identify the speaker and the theme in the poem |
You can identify the speaker dancing in the poem by finding the lesson we can learn from this poem |
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Define claim |
A statement essential arguable but used as a primary point to port or prove or argument |
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What is call to action |
Words that argue the reader listener or viewer to take an immediate action |
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What is a counter argument what is the purpose of a counter argument |
It's when you recognize that other side of the debate in order to strengthen your own argument to find a possible argument against your thesid |
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What is the purpose of a argument essay |
To change people's point of view or persuade them to accept me points of view |
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Identify the components of an argument essay and example attention grabber claim arguments and explanations counter argument rebuttal and call to action |
Example of attention grabber if you have 1 million dollars what would you use it for example of claim teen should have phones because example of a counter argument I think teens should not have phones because call to action now it's time to |
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Types of sentences simple compound and complex |
Ex simple I will go to the Moon ex compound I will clean up and you will jump ex of complex China is a large countries which has more than 1 billion people |
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Subjective argument be able to choose the correct as written sentence |
A can of lima beans sits on the Shelf can it's a subject sits is a verb |
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Verbs irregular vs. Regular |
Regular had ate sleept irregular have eat sleep |
