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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, suggestion that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident. These questions do not require a reply.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
A character in the story who speaks directly to us and uses I
What is First Person Point of View?
100
This period of American literature reflects a sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream.
What is Modernism?
100

What does the "R" stand for in CER Writing?

Reasoning

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Does the following sentence use parallel structure? Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to bike. 

No

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A writer's attitude toward his subject, communicated through diction, choice of details, or ditect 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

This was a time period in which African American art and literature was celebrated. 

Harlem Rennaissance 

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The first sentence of a constructed response is called a what?

Grabber

200

"The team members yells at one another to keep their momentum going during half-time."  Fix the error in the sentence provided.

The team member yells at one another to keep their momentum going during half-time.

300

This literary term requires the repetition of vowel sounds inside of words.

Assonance 

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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 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 frogs croaks in the pond all night long."  Fix the error in the sentence.

The frog croaks in the pond all night long.

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The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related. An examples 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 singinghis 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?
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"Small yellow creatures bob like dandelions in the field," is an example of the use of what literary device.
What is a Simile?
400

This time period emphasized individualism, imagination, and often times, nature. 

Romanticism

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Reasoning comes from the your mind.  The job of reasoning is to connect what two things in writing?

Your claim and evidence.

400


Select the pronoun that correctly completes this sentence:

Sheila and Suzanne always meet at the bookstore for _____________ weekly study session. 

A    Her    The   Thier 

Thier 

500

A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events.  The Crucible would be considered one of these.

An Allegory 

500
A lengthy comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as.
What is an extended metaphor?
500

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was produced in which time period?

Puritan 

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When writing a constructed response in the EOC, what format should you follow?  (Hint: Make sure to include all elements)

Grabber, CERER, Closing