midterm vocab

Question 1

conflict

Answer 1

a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

Question 1

resolution

Answer 1

how something is finally settled at the end of a story

Question 2

theme

Answer 2

an underlying topic of a discussion or recurring idea in a work

Question 3

prediction

Answer 3

what someone thinks will happen

Question 4

summary

Answer 4

a short overview that covers main points of a longer work

Question 5

paraphrase

Answer 5

to sum something up or clarify something by rephrasing it

Question 6

reasoning

Answer 6

an explanation behind something in a logical, thoughtful manner

Question 7

claim

Answer 7

an assertion that something is true or factual

Question 8

emotional appeal

Answer 8

using emotions to convince an audience (pathos)

Question 9

logical appeal

Answer 9

using logic, reason, and evidence to convince an audience (logos)

Question 10

ethical appeal

Answer 10

establishes the writer’s credibility and trustworthiness (ethos)

Question 11

purpose

Answer 11

the reasoning behind a piece of writing

Question 12

rebuttal

Answer 12

countering an argument with a competing or contrary claim

Question 13

counterargument

Answer 13

a response given in disagreement with someone’s ideas or claim

Question 14

chronological

Answer 14

the order in which things actually happened

Question 14

historical fact

Answer 14

a fact that answers a question about the past

Question 15

expert testimony

Answer 15

the opinion from a qualified individual on a particular subject matter

Question 16

empirical evidence

Answer 16

information gathered through observation, documentation, or experimentation used to support or refute a hypothesis

Question 17

personal anecdote

Answer 17

a short, real-life story about an event that happened to a character

Question 18

assonance

Answer 18

words in a row that share similar sounds

Question 19

onomatopoeia

Answer 19

a word formed from the sound that an associated thing makes

Question 20

metaphor

Answer 20

an expression that compares two things but does not literally denote something

Question 21

alliteration

Answer 21

using words with the same beginning sound

Question 22

tone

Answer 22

the quality of a piece of writing that reveals the attitude(s) of the author

Question 23

personification

Answer 23

giving human qualities to an abstract idea

Question 24

simile

Answer 24

a comparison between two fundamentally different things that uses “like” or “as”

Question 25

shift

Answer 25

indicates a change in a piece of writing - such as tone, mood, or setting

Question 26

imagery

Answer 26

using vivid descriptions to create a sensory experience in the reader’s mind

Question 27

infer

Answer 27

using reader’s knowledge, historical context, and knowledge of the author to reach a conclusion about the meaning of a text