LITERARY TERMS
A technique used by writers such as Patrick Henry, suggestion that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident. These questions do not require a reply.
What is a rhetorical question?
Speaker in the story who speaks directly to us and uses "I"
What is First Person Point of View?
This period of American literature reflects a sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream.
What is Modernism?
The use of another's words or ideas, whether intentional or unintentional, and claiming them as your own.
What is plagiarism?
The Romans were amazed at what they found. When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73.
Identify the error in the sentence/passage.
What is a sentence fragment?
A writer's attitude toward his subject, communicated through diction, choice of details, or direct statements of his or her position.
What is tone?
"He tried to poke them together again, but in spite of the tenseness of the effort, his shivering got away with him and the twigs were hopelessly scattered. Each twig gushed a puff of smoke and went out." In this passage from the _____ period, the writer views life as a losing battle against an uncaring universe.
What is Naturalism?
Brainstorming, diagramming your thoughts with a web or other visual aid, and outlining those ideas for a writing activity.
What is prewriting?
Nearly fifty years later Lewis Keller bought the Oakhurst property, and he was a golf lover. Rewrite this sentence to correct faulty structure and coordination.
What is Nearly fifty years later Lewis Keller, a golf lover, bought the Oakhurst property.
A combination of two words that seem to contradict each other.
What is oxymoron?
Writers, including Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet, share religious enlightenment and provide a history of the time.
Who are Puritan writers?
This usually appears at the end of your first paragraph in a research paper, and should cover only what you will discuss in your paper.
What is a thesis statement?
The python is such a pest in The Everglades National Park that it has become necessary to find ways to eradicate their population in order to ensure the survival of other species.
What is their? (Its)
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related. An example is seen in Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" as he uses the gerund phrases: I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
What is parallelism?
Works of this period included political statements, pamphlets, letters, and the like. Major writers during this time period, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin, were concerned with government and society.
What is Rationalism (Colonial Period)?
Choose the best order for these details in a paragraph.
A. Because of its use of a variety of livestock, cheese-making has been of primary economic importance for hundreds of years in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Switzerland.
B. Cheese-making probably originated soon after men first obtained milk from wild or domesticated animals.
C. Hundreds of varieties of cheese are made from the nilk of cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, mares, llamas, and yaks.
D. Many years ago, humans discovered that cheese could be made from the curd formed when milk coagulates.
What is D,B,C,A?
Taylor had the ___________grades in school. Complete this sentence using the superlative form of the word.
What is Best?
It called on people to view the objects in the world as small versions of the whole universe and to trust their individual intuitions. The two most noted authors are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
What is Transcendentalism?
A. Because of its use of a variety of livestock, cheese-making has been of primary economic importance for hundreds of years in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Switzerland. B. Cheese-making probably originated soon after men first obtained milk from wild or domesticated animals. C. Hundreds of varieties of cheese are made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, mares, llamas, and yaks. D. Many years ago, humans discovered that cheese could be made from the curd formed when milk coagulates. From these details, what is the best thesis?
A. In modern factories, cheese is mass-produced according to standardized recipes and techniques.
B. Cheese is a highly nutritious food that can be used in a variety of ways.
C. Cheese is a milk product that has a long history, a wide distribution, and considerable economic importance.
What is C?
Original sources of information; anything from firsthand documents, such as poems, diaries, court records, documents, and interviews to research results generated by experiments, surveys, etc.
What are Primary sources?