Academic Language
Dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotative?
Hyde is an example of this archetype
What is the shadow archetype?
The lines that help add natural pauses to a poem
What is a line break?
FANBOY (for, and, nor, but, or, yet) that joins two complete thoughts
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Imagery, figurative language, tone, and archetypal elements are included in this perspective
What is the Author's Craft?
Something suggested by a word, figurative meaning
What is connotation?
The river, the rock, the tower, and the city are examples of this type of archetype
What is a location archetype?
Refers to a change in tone
What is a shift?
Two or more complete sentences written as though they were one sentence
What is a run-on sentence?
The time period in which a text was created is context for this perspective
What is the historical/cultural perspective?
When an author writes specific details about a character
What is direct characterization?
Loyal, willing to face ordeals together
Who is the companion?
Creates a rhythmical pattern like Shakespeare's iambic pentameter.
What is a meter?
Group of words that lacks a subject and/or predicate. Like this.
What is a fragment?
Text -to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world are referred to this for Reader's Response.
What are text connections?
When an author provides details about a character without explicitly stating them.
What is indirect characterization?
The bully, desires power
Who is the tyrant?
The study of poetic sounds and rhythms
What is prosody?
Two main clauses joined only by a comma
What is a comma splice?
Class, wealth, power, gender, and race are included in this perspective
What is a sociological perspective?
Word choice or the type of language an author uses (easy to understand/formal)
What is diction?
Tests the hero at the beginning of a journey or quest.
Who is the threshold guardian?
Arrangement of groups of lines - creates a "paragraph"
What is a stanza?
Introduces a list or joins two independent clauses
What is a colon?
The portrayal of males and females in a text
What is a sociological perspective?