English I Fall Semester Exam Review

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Imagery

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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively

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Symbolism

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the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character

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Theme

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a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic

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Irony

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

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Tone

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the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers

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Allusion

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an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Setting

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time & place of the action of a story

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Connotation

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

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Denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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Context Clues

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sources of information outside of words that readers may use to predict the identities and meanings of unknown words

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Root Words

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the form of a word after all affixes are removed

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Primary Purpose

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the collection, use and disclosure of information for the purpose(s) for which it was collected

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Main Idea

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the main points of a speech; the subtopics of a speech

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Supporting Details

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tell more about the main idea

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Summary

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a brief statement or account of the main points of something

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Thesis/Thesis Statement

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a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

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Transition Words

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allow one to work smooth changes into one's writing; thus, simple sentences turn into compound sentences, complex sentences and long paragraphs

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Fact & Opinion Statements

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a fact is a statement that can be proved. An opinion, in contrast, is a statement that reflects the writer’s or speaker’s belief, but which cannot be supported by proof or evidence

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Rhetorical Questions

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a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered

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Active & Passive Voice

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Active: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"

Passive: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"

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Nonrestrictive Clauses

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Of, relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that describes but does not identify or restrict the meaning of the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies, as the clause who live in a small condo in the sentence The Smiths, who live in a small condo, have 11 cats.

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Reciprocal Pronouns

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A pronoun or pronominal phrase, such as each other, that expresses mutual action or relationship