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Question 1

• type of essay that conveys and defend an opinion or stand by providing solid evidence to convince and make readers accept an idea.
• presents 2 sides of the issue
• the writer aims to justify his or her stand
• in writing this you should avoid emotional language

Answer 1

Argumentative Essay

Question 2

Starting Point: Identify topic, research topic and decide which side to support

Answer 2

Argumentative

Question 3

Starting Point: Identify topic and choose your side

Answer 3

Persuasive

Question 4

Purpose: Get reader to recognize that your side is valid

Answer 4

Argumentative

Question 5

Purpose: To agree with your opinion

Answer 5

Persuasive

Question 6

Techniques:
1. Offers facts, reasons, and evidence to show the author has valid points
2. Logic-based
3. Acknowledges the opposing claims
4. May compare ideas to establish a position
5. Presents multiple sides but it is clear which is the author’s side

Answer 6

Argumentative

Question 7

Techniques:
1. Combines facts with emotions to convince the reader that the author is “right”
2. Emotion-based
3. Ignores counter claims
4. Presents only ideas that help establish a position
5. Only presents only one side: the author’s side
6. Makes claims without evidence

Answer 7

Persuasive

Question 8

Tone: Calmly trying to get reader to acknowledge the author’s side

Answer 8

Argumentative

Question 9

Tone: Emotionally charge & more aggressive

Answer 9

Persuasive

Question 10

5 types of Argumentative Claims (FDVCP)

Answer 10

Fact
Definition
Value
Cause and Effect
Policy

Question 11

• why or how
• educates readers
• straightforward info
  -new understanding/appreciation of topics which one might be familiar

Answer 11

Informative/Expository Writing

Question 12

4 Types of Informative Writing (DCOP)

Answer 12

Definition Essay- detailed explanation
Cause & Effect- explains connection/linkup of two or more events (cyber-bullying)
Opposing Sides Essay- presents all sides pros and cons (death penalty)
Process Essay - gives step-by-step explanation on how it works or how to do it

Question 13

• writing critique on any subject discusses its strengths and weaknesses
• express opinion and evaluation
• can be a critique as a form of academic writing

Answer 13

Movie Review

Question 14

Purpose of a Movie Review (IACE)

Answer 14

Purpose: Inform, Analyze, Convince & Entertain

Question 15

Parts of a Movie Review (8)

Answer 15

Title
Film Intro
Plot Summary
Setting Spotlight
Character Limelight
Likes & Dislikes
Lesson Learned
Reccomendations

Question 16

• focuses on structure
  -challenged the belief that a work of literature reflected a given reality; instead, a text was constituted of linguistic convections and situated among other texts.
  -language expresses our thoughts
  -how it is organized
  -examining underlying structures- characterization, plot

Answer 16

Structuralist

Question 17

• analyze, interpret and evaluate features of text. Literary Devices/ Figures of Speech
  -focuses on modes, genres, discourse, and forms
  -rhyme schemes, meter

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Formalist

Question 18

5 Literary Devices

Answer 18

Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Symbolism
Personification

Question 19

indirect comparison of two unrelated objects being compared (Like, as, than)

Answer 19

Simile

Question 20

direct comparison of two objects often unrelated are compared

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Metaphor

Question 21

engages senses to deepen reader’s comprehension of what is happening and how to feel about it. (Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, Smell)

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Imagery

Question 22

beyond meaning or hidden meaning

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Symbolism

Question 23

give human attributes to nonhuman objects

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Personification

Question 24

5 Sound Devices (RRAAO)

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Rhyme
Repetition
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

Question 25

matching vowel sounds at the end of words/lines

Answer 25

Rhyme

Question 26

repeating words, phrases, sentences, lines in a poem

Answer 26

Repetition

Question 27

repetition of vowel within words

Answer 27

Assonance

Question 28

repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of words

Answer 28

Alliteration

Question 29

imitate natural sounds of things

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Onomatopoeia

Question 30

-judges based on morals/ethics -worth of literature is based on goodness/good influence on reader -care more about content than creativity - maturity, sincerity, honesty, sensitivity and courage -sometimes the artists think it’s good but moralists think otherwise -began since 360 B.C.

Answer 30

Moralist Criticism

Question 31

argued that literature/art influence people that could cause corruption or virtue

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Plato

Question 32

asks how reader is affected.

Answer 32

Post Modern Moral Criticism (Neo- Humanist)

Question 33

evaluates morality. Response to Naturalism and Romanticism.

Answer 33

American Philosophy

Question 34

Replaced pomodemor after WII. Same goal but uses Christian beliefs

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Christian Humanism

Question 35

-Literature that is ethically sound and encourages virtue is praised -Literature that misguides/corrupts is condemned -Judges value of literature based on lessons -Determines worth of literature by seeing if it encourages good out of readers

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Moralist

Question 36

- focus on culture and society - keeps in mind issues of power and money and shows how it affects the story - how social class affects the story and how the characters interact - to give the poor a voice -do the rich and powerful have control?

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Marxism

Question 37

Authors of The Communist Manifesto

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Marx and Engels

Question 38

Two thins Marx argued about

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Haves and the Have Nots

Question 39

-promotes criticism and questions - Interpreting Questions - setting forth one or more meanings - analyzing, interpreting, evaluating -not just about finding faults/errors -uses critical thinking in relation to different cultures

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Literary Criticism

Question 40

- specific procedure used to examine text’s historical origin - sees as a reflection/product of the times and circumstances when the text was written. - influenced by structuralist & post structuralist theories - assumes that a work is influenced by the culture and era that created it. - text = time capsule - social & cultural

Answer 40

Historical Criticism

Question 41

-Reader’s interpretation is necessary to the meaning of the text because the meaning is dependent to the interpretation of the reader -more on what the reader perceives rather than the author intended -interpret/give meaning -reader becomes co-creator. They reanimate the text. -relies on the experiences of the reader or others

Answer 41

Reader-Response

Question 42

-helps us see literature in a different light -dynamics between genders -language and symbols are gendered -portrayal of female characters reinforces or undermines sexual stereotypes -gender of the reader affects our response to the text

Answer 42

Feminist Criticism

Question 43

they may claim that certain male writers assume all readers are men, excluding females

Answer 43

Feminists

Question 44

may claim that certain male writers assume all readers are men, excluding females

Answer 44

Feminist Critics

Question 45

Enumerate the Order of Adjectives

Answer 45

Determiner Observation Size Shape Age Color Material Purpose (-ing)

Question 46

avoid repetition that causes awkwardness in sentence

Answer 46

Pronoun

Question 47

- word which a pronoun stands - a pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, number, and person

Answer 47

Antecedent

Question 48

5 Types of Pronouns (PDIIR)

Answer 48

Personal Demonstrative Interrogative Indefinite Relative