Grammar
When do you use brackets and when do you use parentheses?
Brackets are used in formal writing, like professional works, and parentheses are used in informal and creative writing.
What are the official terms for the main character and main villain/obstacle in stories?
Protagonist and Antagonist
What was the title and name of the author for our novel study?
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What are Aristotle's Three Methods of Persuasion when it comes to rhetoric?
Logos, pathos, ethos
What is the definition of hyperbole?
Extreme and impossible exaggeration (something that cannot literally be true)
What are these two symbols and when should they be used in sentences? : ;
Colon and semicolon. Colons come before explanations or lists, whereas semicolons join two sentences that share a subject.
Name one short story we studied first semester and give a brief summary of it.
Borders, The Lottery, Paper Menagerie, The Taste of Melon
How does the setting of the novel play a role or influence the story?
Answer depends on novel.
How much more effective are auditory ads at getting customers to buy/investigate products than visual ads?
Twice as effective.
What is irony?
When somebody says something but the opposite turns out to be true.
What are initialisms and acronyms? Give an example of each.
Both are abbreviations. Initialisms mean you pronounce each letter, whereas acronyms you pronounce the abbreviation like a full word.
Examples: T.V. (initialism) and P.I.N. (acronym)
Name the 6 types of conflict in literature.
Person vs. person, self, society, technology, supernatural, nature.
Specify what character you chose before listing.
What are the three criteria of a myth?
It must be connection to a certain region/belief/tradition, it must have patterns, and it must answer a question of why.
What is alliteration?
When multiple words in the same phrase or sentence begins with the same letter (a tongue twister).
Example: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
How many capitalization rules did we go over in September and what are four of them?
19 capitalization rules
What does the abbreviation S.T.E.A.L. stand for and when do you use it?
You use S.T.E.A.L. to analyze character. It stands for Speak, Thought, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks
Give an example of a symbol from our novel study and explain what it symbolizes and why.
Mr. G.- heart pills, dead dove, Susan's glasses, green jello, burned cat, etc.
TBitSP- striped pajamas, Gretel's dolls, Bruno's swing, swastikas, etc.
THG- Katniss' pin, bow and arrow, nightlock berries, etc.
Name five different parts of a news article.
The headline, the author's name, the sub heading, the topic, the date published, the lead, the body paragraphs, the ending.
What is personification?
Describing something abiotic (not alive) as if it has living or human traits.
Correct the following:
i ms jarvie went to the university of manitoba for my undergrad degree however i went to brandon university for my teaching degree
I, Ms. Jarvie, went to the University of Manitoba for my undergrad degree; however, I went to Brandon University for my teaching degree.
What are the names of the 7 parts of Freytag's Pyramid?
Introduction, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement, Conclusion
Explain what theme is and give an example of one from our novel study.
Theme = topic + the message that is being given about that topic
Ex. revenge leads to your downfall, prejudice is illogical, totalitarian societies purposely divide the people, etc.
What are the 7 pattern categories that myths commonly have?
Animals, colours, circles, women, heroes, natural elements, creation
Explain the four types of narration, and the kind of language that would be used for each?
First person, the character narrating directly from their own POV- I, we, me
Second person, the narrator talks as if from the reader's POV- you, you've
Third person limited and omniscient, where the narrator talks about others, either knowing only what they know or knowing everything- she, he, they