L.A. Midterms

Question 1

H.O.T.

Answer 1

Hook, Overview, Thesis

Question 2

Body Paragraphs

Answer 2

Topic sentences, ICE, clinchers

Question 3

R.I.C.

Answer 3

Restate thesis, illustrate the main points, clincher

Question 4

Statement that catches readers interest

Answer 4

Hook

Question 5

This tells reader facts before thesis. Introduce topic, needed to make sense

Answer 5

Overview

Question 6

Specific debatable claim made by writer about subject in question. List of main points about essay

Answer 6

Thesis

Question 7

Final sentence, should be interesting and engaging closing line

Answer 7

Clincher

Question 8

I.C.E.

Answer 8

Introduce, Citation, Explain

Question 9

—- the quote into your own sentence

Answer 9

Roll

Question 10

Introduce the quote with a complete sentence using a —–

Answer 10

Colon

Question 11

—- by introducing and writing the material in your own words, citing with just parenthesis

Answer 11

Paraphrase

Question 12

You use this acronym to explain

Answer 12

SPIES

Question 13

S.P.I.E.S. means

Answer 13

Significant, purpose, Important, effect, suggest

Question 14

This is were you will have the chance to explain the point you are making in the paragraph. Good paragraph will have 2-3 of these

Answer 14

Supporting/elaborating details

Question 15

Should introduce the topic being addressed in paragraph

Answer 15

Topic sentence

Question 16

Genre of literature based on imaginary characters and events

Answer 16

Fiction

Question 17

Series of events in a story (exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, denouement)

Answer 17

Plot

Question 18

Beginning of a story; establishes setting, characters, and basic situation

Answer 18

Exposition

Question 19

The event that introduces the main conflict of the story

Answer 19

Inciting incident

Question 20

All of the events in a story leading up to the climax

Answer 20

Rising action

Question 21

The point of highest tension and suspense in a story; the turning point

Answer 21

Climax

Question 22

All the events after the climax

Answer 22

Falling action

Question 23

The moment in a story when the main conflict is settled

Answer 23

Resolution

Question 24

All of the events after the resolution; the tying up of loose ends; all questions answered

Answer 24

Denouement

Question 25

The opposition of two characters/forces within the plot; internal or external

Answer 25

Conflict

Question 26

The process of creating characters and giving them personalities

Answer 26

Characterization

Question 27

The reader is explicitly told what the personality of the character is

Answer 27

Direct characterization

Question 28

The character's personality is revealed to the reader through speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks

Answer 28

Indirect characterization

Question 29

A character with multiple traits

Answer 29

Round character

Question 30

A character with only one trait; stock or stereotype

Answer 30

Flat character

Question 31

A character who remains unchanged throughout the events of the story

Answer 31

Static character

Question 32

A character who grows or evolves as a result of events within the story

Answer 32

Dynamic character

Question 33

The vantage point from which the narrator tells the story

Answer 33

Point of view

Question 34

All knowing narration in the story, narrator knows the inner thoughts of all the characters

Answer 34

Omniscient narrator

Question 35

Narration with "I" and "me" as pronouns; narrator is one character within the story

Answer 35

First person narrator

Question 36

Narrator is outside of the story and knows the inner thoughts of one character within the story

Answer 36

Third person narrator

Question 37

Amusing and unexpected contradictions within a story

Answer 37

Irony

Question 38

A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true

Answer 38

Dramatic irony

Question 39

Words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

Answer 39

Verbal irony

Question 40

When the expected outcome does not happen

Answer 40

Situationally irony

Question 41

An object that has both a literal and figurative meaning; something that represents something else

Answer 41

Symbol

Question 42

The universal truth about the human condition that is revealed within a story; central meaning or message

Answer 42

Theme

Question 43

Type of figurative language where to dissimilar things are compared; something IS something else

Answer 43

Metaphor

Question 44

Figurative language where a non-human subject is given human characteristics

Answer 44

Personification

Question 45

Story with many layers of symbolic meaning; a literal level and deeper symbolic levels

Answer 45

Allegory

Question 46

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 46

Alliteration

Question 47

Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in two or more stressed syllables

Answer 47

Assonance

Question 48

The characterization of two characters that is sharply contrasted to add dimension to both

Answer 48

Foil

Question 49

Extreme exaggeration; used to make a point but not to be interrupted literally

Answer 49

Hyperbole

Question 50

The feeling created in a reader by a literary work or a passage

Answer 50

Mood

Question 51

The author's feelings towards the subject of the writing

Answer 51

Tone

Question 52

The author's use of words or phrases to create mental images for the reader

Answer 52

Imagery