1 semester exam

Question 1

Expository

Answer 1

And essay that makes an assertion and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary

Question 2

Effective

Answer 2

Producing a desired or intended result

Question 3

Coherence

Answer 3

The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

Question 4

Objective

Answer 4

Supported by facts and not influenced by opinion

Question 5

Subjective

Answer 5

Influenced by personal opinion or ideas

Question 6

Inference

Answer 6

A logical guess or explanation based on observation, prior information, or textual evidence

Question 7

Search term

Answer 7

A word or phrase used to find topics on A database

Question 8

consensus

Answer 8

A whole group agreeing on the same thing

Question 9

effect

Answer 9

a change that results from a specific action

Question 10

consequence

Answer 10

something that logically or naturally follows

from an action or condition

Question 11

theme

Answer 11

the main idea, lesson, or purpose of a work

Question 12

metaphor

Answer 12

a comparison between two unlike things calling one thing another

Question 13

Hypothesize

Answer 13

propose an explanation for something or make

an assumption or guess

Question 14

credibility

Answer 14

the quality of being trusted or believed

Question 15

primary source

Answer 15

something that is a direct source such as a speech written on paper

Question 16

secondary source

Answer 16

a summary or opinion about a primary source

Question 17

norm

Answer 17

something that is usual or always like that

Question 18

denotation

Answer 18

the dictionary definition of a word

Question 19

connotation

Answer 19

that implied meaning of a word

Question 20

characterization

Answer 20

the way or process that an author creates a character

Question 21

symbol

Answer 21

an object, person, or place that represents something else

Question 22

symbolism

Answer 22

the use of symbols

Question 23

expository writing

Answer 23

an essay that makes an assertion

and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and comments

Question 24

documentary

Answer 24

a non fiction motion picture intended to

document, or record, some aspect of real life, primarily for

the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record

Question 25

rhetoric

Answer 25

the use of language

Question 26

genre

Answer 26

a category or type of literature, such as short story, folk tale, poem, novel, play

Question 27

stanza

Answer 27

a group of lines in a poem

Question 28

narrative

Answer 28

a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

Question 29

personification

Answer 29

a kind of metaphor that gives objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Question 30

myth

Answer 30

a traditional story that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of the elements of nature

Question 31

theme

Answer 31

the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work

Question 32

plot

Answer 32

the sequence of related events that make up a story or novel

Question 33

sensory details

Answer 33

words or information that appeal to the five senses

Question 34

figurative language

Answer 34

imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

Question 35

analogies

Answer 35

a comparison of the similarity of two things; for example, comparing a part to a whole or the whole to a part

Question 36

rhetorical question

Answer 36

a question asked to emphasize a point or create an effect; no answer is expected

Question 37

claim

Answer 37

a position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or makes an argument

Question 38

counterclaim

Answer 38

reasoning or facts given in opposition to an argument