LITERARY TERMS
LITERARY TERMS
PERIODS OF AM LIT
RESEARCH AND THE WRITING PROCESS
USAGE AND CONVENTIONS
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A technique used by writers such as Patrick Henry from the Colonial Period that suggests that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident. These questions do not require a reply.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
When a character in the story speaks directly to the audience and uses the pronoun I.
What is First Person Point of View?
100
This period of American literature reflects a sense of self-reliance, confidence, and non-conformity of society.
What is Transcedentalism?
100
The use of another's words or ideas, whether intentional or unintentional, and claiming them as your own.
What is plagiarism?
100
When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73. The Romans were amazed at what they found. Identify the error in the sentence/passage.
What is a sentence fragment?
200
A writer's attitude toward his subject, communicated through diction, choice of details, or direct statements of his or her position. It reflects the feelings of the writer.
What is tone?
200
The author uses descriptive or figurative language to create word pictures for the reader.
What is imagery?
200
"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?
200
Brainstorming, diagramming your thoughts with a web or other visual aid, and outlining those ideas for a writing activity is included in this part of the writing process.
What is pre-writing?
200
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.
300
This is a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize.
What is an allusion?
300
The audience or reader knows information that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
300
Writers from this time period, including Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet, share religious enlightenment and provide a history of the time.
Who are Colonial/Puritan writers?
300
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?
300
The persuasive technique coined by Aristole that appeals to an audience to either get them to think a certain way or do something.
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
400
The repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent. "I have a dream that someday...I have a dream...",
What is anaphora?
400
"Small yellow creatures bob like dandelions in the field," is an example of the use of what literary device.
What is a Simile?
400
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 The Revolutionary Period?
400
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 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.
What is D,B,C,A?
400
Taylor had the ___________grades in school. Complete this sentence using the superlative form of the word
What is Best?
500
In "Walden," Thoreau writes, "I am not as wise as the day I was born." This is an example of a rhetorical strategy know as a ____,which seems to contradict itself but suggests an important truth.
What is a paradox?
500
A lengthy comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. (two words)
What is an extended metaphor?
500
Kate Chopin is categorized as a writer from this period in which the fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region.
What is Local Color or Regionalism?
500
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. 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?
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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?
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