Unit 1
Context clue
Other words or phrases in a reading that help to determine the meaning of one word
Congealed
changed from a fluid to a solid state; made immobile or paralyzed
Extremely difficult to achieve
Arduous
Extremely thin and haggard, usually due to suffering or sickness
Gaunt
Deeply moving; inspiring intense emotion
Poignant
Implicit
Something that is no directly stated
Buzz, thump, meow, sigh
Onomatopoeia
A literary device that creates emphasis by intentionally giving less significance to a situation than it really has, or saying less than is actually true
Understatement
Characters in an author’s work can also have attitudes, values, or opinions
Perspective
The author’s attitude toward a subject he or she is writing about, as well as the author’s approach to the audience
Tone
Prefixes
Part of a word that is attached to the beginning of it that can change the meaning
The point of highest tension or intensity; often a turning point or decisive moment in the action
Climax
Getting another person review what you wrote
Peer Review
Something that is clearly stated
Explicit
Helps the writer think about the ideas and the best way to organize and present them
Outline
There with him was his son, a youthful SQUIRE,
A lover and knight bachelor to admire
His locks were curled as if set by a press.
His age was twenty years or so, I guess.
In stature he was of an average height
And blest with great agility and might. ...
His gown was short, his sleeves were long and wide.
And well upon a horse the lad could ride; …
Direct characterization
I
A GENTLE Knight was pricking on the plain,
Clad in mighty arms and silver shield,
Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain,
The cruel marks of many’a bloody field;
Yet arms till that time did he never wield:
His angry steed did chide his foaming bit,
As much disdaining to the curb to yield:
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit,
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fit.
II
And on his breast a bloody Cross he bore,
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord,
For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore,
And dead as living ever him ador’d:
Upon his shield the like was also scor’d,
For sovereign hope, which in his help he had:
Right faithful true he was in deed and word,
But of his cheer did seem too solemn sad;
Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Archetype
‘O ma’amselle, I cannot tell. How can you ask such shocking questions? But nobody ever saw it come in, or go out of the castle; and it was in one place now, and then the next minute in quite another part of the castle; and then it never spoke, and, if it was alive, what should it do in the castle if it never spoke? Several parts of the castle have never been gone into since, they say, for that very reason.’
Setting Analysis
In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Helen comes to Sherlock Holmes for help in solving the mystery of her sister’s death. She no longer can function normally, and it is apparent that she intuitively knows something horrible has happened to her sister. However, she has no idea what exactly happened.
Ambiguities
Plot, Characters, Characterization, Setting, Tone
Elements of a Narrative Text
He remained standing at the edge of the pit that the Thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival.
Nuance
When characters talk to each other, they explain ideas and events the reader needs to know about.
Dialogue
Woman - madame, damsel, gentlewoman
Precise Lannguage
In the third stanza, Tennyson purposely uses words like “volley’d,” “thunder’d,” and “storm’d,” which contain connotative and figurative language that adds to the poem’s overall sense of dread and apprehension.
Imagery
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, direct quotation
Types of textual evidence