Unit 1
What is an allusion?
an indirect reference to a person, object, historical event, or literary work that the audience is familiar with. Authors use an allusion with an expectation that the readers will be able to figure out its implied meaning and significance based on their understanding of the reference. Authors usually do not spell out what the reference means.
What is semblance?
Appearance
What is clemency?
kind or lenient treatment
Define Giddy:
experiencing a feeling of whirling about; dizzy
What is Excavation?
action of digging up or unearthing something
Which response most accurately defines the narrative text structure element of flashback?
a scene or memory of the past, presented out of chronological order, that provides background information
What are the four literary devices?
Allegory, analogy, anaphora, and apostrophe
What are elements of a narrative text?
Setting, conflict
What are kinds of irony?
situational, verbal, dramatic
What accurately defines the word irony in a story?
a literary technique used to place emphasis or to create humor
What is the second sentence in your first paragraph of your essay?
Thesis Statement
Narrative elements are the parts of a text that shape the story. Narrative elements include...
framing, characters, plot, setting, tone
When writing a story, what is the hero's role?
The main character who solves a problem for others within the plot. The hero often needs to grow and become stronger as he pursues good in order to ultimately triumph.
The words and phrases that an author chooses can become part of the characters’ language in the story. These words explain or describe things, and they can:
state an opinion, depict a place
What correctly distinguishes between flashback and framing in a narrative?
Flashback concerns information from previous events, whereas framing concerns the order of how the story is related.
Read the sentence.
Deep in conversation, Mark and Jesse meandered down the road.
Which response most clearly distinguishes the denotative and connotative meanings of the word meandered in this sentence?
Meandered has a denotation of “walked,” and has a connotation of relaxation, showing that the boys are more focused on the conversation than on where they are going.
Read the paragraph.
A massive number of refugees formed a column hundreds of miles long, it seemed. It moved slowly through deserted villages and along the bloody rivers. Horror and shock filled everyone’s eyes as a deadly silence hovered over this refugee column. I saw newborn babies die, people laugh in hysteria, elders wail. I saw disarmed and defeated soldiers, and mothers futilely looking for their wandering children. Horror after horror formed a chain of disasters in my memory, and on the third day of our exile, I wept.
Which options most effectively identify the narrative elements depicted in the passage?
Tone, setting
Compare the words “childish” and “childlike.” Although both mean basically the same thing denotatively, which would you rather be called?
The connotation of “childish” is negative; the word implies that you are immature.
Which option correctly identifies an element of narrative text structure that provides information about events that have occurred earlier?
flashback
Read the scenario.
Max stared in horror at the living room. An entire roll of unwound toilet paper was draped across the couch and coffee table. A pillow with a hole in it sat on the floor, surrounded by wispy white feathers. And in the middle of all this mess sat Nemo, Max’s year-old golden retriever, hanging his head in guilt. Max felt a surge of anger, but he forced himself to take a deep breath and said, “You sure can be a little messy sometimes, Nemo.”
Which answer most correctly describes Max’s reaction to the mess Nemo made in the living room?
Max responded with understatement, by downplaying the destruction Nemo caused.
Hundreds of literary devices are used in writing and speaking. Four important ones are...
symbolism, allusion, analogy, onomatopoeia
These two lines from John Donne’s poem “The Sunne Rising” contain what figurative language?:
Princes doe but play us; compar’d to this,
All honor’s mimique; All wealth alchimie
Hyperbole
What form of figurative language is used below?
My friend John jumps like a grasshopper on the basketball court.
Simile
When is sarcasm used in a story?
a specialized form of irony, expresses the opposite of what is actually meant. Its goal is often to express contempt.
By citing specific details to support an interpretation or position about a text, a person is using __________.
textual evidence