Grade 10 ENGLISH EXAMM!!

Question 1

tell me the Paragraph format (PEA)

Answer 1

1. Topic sentence → main argument
2. PEA #1 → point (first point - first argument), evidence (quote), analysis (quote analysis/explanation)
3. PEA #2 → point (second point - second argument, evidence (different quote), analysis (quote analysis/explanation)
4. Link back to thesis/topic sentence and create concluding statement/sentence to conclude argument

Question 2

What is a topic sentence

Answer 2

Topic sentence is the opening sentence that introduces the arguments you are going to make.

Question 3

What questions could you ask yourself when thinking about context

Answer 3

Who is speaking, What is happening, what part of the story is this?

Question 4

What does P.E.A stand for?

Answer 4

Point, Evidence, Analysis

Question 5

how could you start off by saying your point in P.E.A

Answer 5

Start off with, The writer suggests that…

Question 6

how could you start off by saying your analysis in P.E.A

Answer 6

start off with, the effect of this is… or this suggests that…

Question 7

What is the poetic device meter?

Answer 7

-beat in a poem that happens over and over

Question 8

What is the poetic device Personification?

Answer 8

• Giving an object human like properties
• example: the rose that walked

Question 9

What is the poetic device simile?

Answer 9

comparison between two things by using words such as like and as

Question 10

What is the poetic device Onomatopoeia?

Answer 10

Using sounds to describe something -Example: Boom, bang, buzz

Question 11

What is the poetic device Consonance?

Answer 11

-Consonance is when the same consonant sounds repeat in nearby words
-Consonants are all the letters except the vowels (A, E, I, O, U). So B, C, D, F, G, etc.

Question 12

What is the poetic device Hyperbole?

Answer 12

It’s a huge exaggeration to make something sound funny or important.

Question 13

What is the poetic device Enjambment?

Answer 13

-run-on sentences
-no periods

Question 14

What is the poetic device Alliteration?

Answer 14

A string of words with the same letter (r,r,r)

Question 15

What is the poetic device end Rhyme?

Answer 15

The word at the end of 2 sentences rhyme

Question 16

What is the poetic device Internal Rhyme?

Answer 16

a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of the same line.

Question 17

What is the poetic device Metaphor?

Answer 17

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the word like or as.

Question 18

What is the poetic device assonance?

Answer 18

Assonance happens when internal vowel sounds repeat in words that are close together

Question 19

What is tone?

Answer 19

The attitude the author conveys towards a subject in their writing.

Question 20

What is mood?

Answer 20

The emotion the reader feels as a result of the writing

Question 21

Types of support in sentence, what are Facts?

Answer 21

Facts are useful in supporting an argument

Question 22

Types of support in sentences, what are statistics?

Answer 22

-know a sentence has stats because of the numerical clues
- statistics add meaning to a sentence by providing facts

Question 23

Types of support in sentence, quotations

Answer 23

Recognize a sentence with quotation if their quoting something in the sentence

Question 24

Types of support in sentence, Expert testimony.

Answer 24

An expert of some sort shares their opinion on a topic

Question 25

Types of support in sentence, Examples.

Answer 25

Examples do not prove a point but they suggest reasons why a point is valid.

Question 26

Types of support in sentence, Compare and contrast.

Answer 26

Comparing things in a sentence, for example; Working on an essay is like preparing for the Olympics

Question 27

Types of support in sentence, Personal experience.

Answer 27

provides a real-life situation with which the reader can identify. using personal experiences.

Question 28

Types of support in sentence, Ideas, opinions, theories.

Answer 28

A powerful persuasive tool, Based on pure values and morals

Question 29

what is a descriptive essay

Answer 29

describes a person, place, or event

Question 30

what is a narrative essay

Answer 30

An essay that includes a story about a personal experience told from the author's perspective, written in first person

Question 31

what is a definition essay

Answer 31

essay focuses on one word example: essay on love.

Question 32

what is a compare/contrast essay

Answer 32

Compare/contrast essay, it discuss similarities & differences between two things, people, or places

Question 33

what is a cause/effect essay

Answer 33

explain the cause and effect - why it happened, what was the result

Question 34

what is a process essay

Answer 34

to describe how something is done- step by step instructions on how to do something

Question 35

what is a critical essay

Answer 35

to analyze the strengths, weaknesses or methods of someone else’s work

Question 36

what is a argumentative essay

Answer 36

uses pure logic to convince and persuade you to believe something and to take action.

Question 37

Rhetorical Devices, Alliteration

Answer 37

string of words with the same letter Example: snowy silver street

Question 38

Rhetorical Devices, Allusion

Answer 38

Referencing an old period or event. Example: remember in second grade when I peed my pants in class

Question 39

Rhetorical Devices, Balanced structure

Answer 39

where both halves of the sentence are equal in structure (may contain semicolons)

Question 40

Rhetorical Devices, Metaphor

Answer 40

compares two things without the use of like or as

Question 41

Rhetorical Devices, Hyperbole

Answer 41

over exaggeration Ex. I have told you a million times

Question 42

Rhetorical Devices, Irony

Answer 42

Irony is when there's a difference between what you expect and what actually happens Example: A large dog named tiny.

Question 43

Rhetorical Devices, image/imagery

Answer 43

Using descriptive language to paint a picture

Question 44

Rhetorical Devices, Oxymoron

Answer 44

opposite words that are placed next to each other to create new meaning. Example: Jumbo Shrimp.

Question 45

Rhetorical Devices, Parallel structure

Answer 45

The structure is similar throughout the sentence. (more than 2 similarities)

Question 46

Rhetorical Devices, Personification

Answer 46

gives human qualities to an inanimate object

Question 47

Rhetorical Devices, Repetition

Answer 47

repeat line/word/stanza

Question 48

Rhetorical Devices, rhetorical question

Answer 48

is a question whose answer is already known or is implied.

Question 49

Rhetorical Devices, Sentence fragment

Answer 49

An incomplete sentence

Question 50

Rhetorical Devices, Simile

Answer 50

compares two unlike things using like or as.

Question 51

what is Ethos

Answer 51

use of ethics/credibility to persuade someone

Question 52

what is Logos

Answer 52

use of logic to persuade someone

Question 53

what is Pathos

Answer 53

use of emotions to persuade someone

Question 54

what is a couplet

Answer 54

- A two line stanza

Question 55

what is a sonnet

Answer 55

-14 lines of 10 syllables -The theme of the poem is summed up in the last two lines

Question 56

what is Elegy

Answer 56

-A poem about someone who has died -It's serious and sad -It usually ends with a peaceful feeling

Question 57

what is a Haiku

Answer 57

-A Japanese poem -1st line: 5 syllables -2nd line: 7 syllables -3rd line: 5 syllables -Uses fragments, not full sentence

Question 58

what is a Cinquain

Answer 58

a five line stanza

Question 59

what is a free verse

Answer 59

no rhyme scheme, no beat, and no rules

Question 60

what is a limerick

Answer 60

funny/humorous with 5 lines - aabba rhyme scheme