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Literary Terms
Vocabulary
Extra Vocab
Tips for Test Taking
Essay Thinking
100
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What is a Simile?
100
External and Internal Conflict.
What is the different types of Conflict?
100
A person, place, or thing that stands for an idea or a concept.
What is a Symbol?
100
Good night sleep and eat a healthy breakfast.
What is the best way to prepare the night before and morning of the test?
100
Introduction, body, and the conclusion.
What are the 3 parts of an Essay?
200
Giving human qualities to something that is not real.
What is Personification?
200
The process of arriving at some conclusion through reasoning.
What is Inference?
200
Providing hints at what will happen in the future.
What is Foreshadowing?
200
Make predictions, analyze, infer, and find main ideas.
What are important strategies you should use while reading long passages?
200
States your opinion plus 3 brief reasons which support your opinion in one sentence.
What is a thesis statement?
300
The use of words to create vivid mental images or pictures in the reader's head.
What is Imagery?
300
The feelings and associations a word brings to mind; the emotional impression a word makes.
What is Connotation?
300
The "Good guy" of the story or play. Often center of the story.
What is a Protagonist?
300
Process of elimination. Eliminate all answers that you know are wrong.
What is a good strategy for multiple choice questions?
300
Brainstorm (and outline). Helps organize ideas and thoughts.
What does the "B" stand for in the ABCD's of writing an on-demand essay?
400
A comparison between two things without using like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
400
Use language to represent objects, actions, and ideas which appeal to our senses
What is Figurative Language?
400
Dictionary definition of a word.
What is Denotation?
400
Attack the prompt-circle the action words, underline what the action words are asking you to do, and then make a list of those actions.
How should you break down an essay prompt?
400
One.
How many ideas should you write about in a paragraph?
500
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
What is Irony?
500
A common saying that does not make sense when taken literally.
What is an Idiom?
500
A general feeling about life or human nature expressed through writings.
What is Theme?
500
Have confidence in yourself and do your best.
What is the only way to take the CAHSEE and pass?
500
D-Detect errors: make sure you have corrected punctuation, written in complete sentences, corrected your spelling, and printed neatly.
What is the last step before finishing your essay?