Unit 1
Expound
To set forth or state in detail
Taciturn
Inclined to silence; quiet
Vestige
A small remainder of something that once existed
Languidly
Slowly
Excavation
Unearthing something
Implicit Meaning
Understood despite not being clearly stated
Denotation & Connotation
Denotation - The dictionary definition of a word
Connotation - Implied meaning of a word referring to emotions or feelings attached to it
Tone
Author's attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about
Irony expresses the _ of the actual meaning of a text.
Opposite
Pacing is the _ of a story
Rhythm
Writing Skill
Read the prompt thoroughly, write a thorough and thoughtful response
Narrative Technique
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
The resolution is also the _ of a story
Ending
In writing, it's important to have proper _ to make your response understandable.
Grammar
In prewriting, it's important to identify three things
Task, purpose, audience
Application of Implicit Meaning:
Fair is he, full bright
And wonderful of hue. The holy scribes
Tell us how Joseph’s many-colored coat,
Gleaming with varying dyes of every shade,
Brilliant, resplendent, dazzled all men’s eyes
That looked upon it.
Unique presence
Why should we rise, because ’tis light?
Did we lie downe, because ’twas night?
Love which in spight of darknesse brought us hether,
Should in despight of light keepe us together.
Light hath no tongue, but is all eye;
If it could speake as well as spie,
This were the worst, that it could say,
That being well, I faine would stay …
Which option most accurately depicts the connotative meaning of darkness and light in this poem?
Darkness represents the secrecy of the lovers’ relationship, and light represents exposure, showing that their relationship must be concealed.
Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho, which describes Emily’s entrance into the castle.
Another gate delivered them into the second court, grass-grown, and more wild than the first, where, as she surveyed through the twilight its desolation—its lofty walls, overtopt with briony, moss and nightshade, and the embattled towers that rose above,—long-suffering and murder came to her thoughts. One of those instantaneous and unaccountable convictions, which sometimes conquer even strong minds, impressed her with its horror.
Which word supports that the tone is fearful?
Horror
In "The Importance of Being Ernest", why Jack's wealthy perspective ironic?
Because he was an orphan
Pacing can be manipulated in a story by including another character's _ about another character
Perspective
Application of Writing Skill:
In Letter 1 of Frankenstein, Walton writes to his sister that “for one year [I] lived in a paradise of my own creation.” What is Walton implying with these words?
Walton is implying that he, as an aspiring poet, was living in a world of his own for a year.
What was the narrative technique/structure used for this unit?
Gothic Romantic Narrative
In a resolution, it's important to _ the story
Conclude
“Felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait of sorrow vanished from his face, and it instantly expressed a degree of ecstatic joy, of which I could hardly have believed it capable; his eyes sparkled, as his cheek flushed with pleasure[ ] and at that moment I thought him as beautiful as the stranger.”
What symbol belongs between the brackets in the text?
;
Who is Mary Shelley's audience?
Her readers