Study Cards for English II

Question 1

Assertive Tone

Answer 1

This is the tone a person in authority or a confident person shows.

Question 2

Analysis

Answer 2

A detailed examination of something.

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

An educated guess based on context clues.

Question 4

Details

Answer 4

A small part of something

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

The lesson learned or the main aspect of a story.

Question 6

Central Idea

Answer 6

The main idea of something.

Question 7

Development

Answer 7

Something that has changed in the story.

Question 8

Refined

Answer 8

To make something better.

Question 9

Emerges

Answer 9

To make something known.

Question 10

Bias

Answer 10

To be in favor of something more than something else.

Question 11

Objective Summary

Answer 11

A summary that only has facts and things that are true.

Question 12

Complex Character

Answer 12

A character that is very deep and has developed a lot in the story.

Question 13

Plot (Included all plot elements)

Answer 13

What happened in the story.
Plot Elements: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and the resolution.

Question 14

Characterization

Answer 14

The way the character is described.

Question 15

Conflict

Answer 15

The argument or what is wrong in the story.

Question 16

Connotation

Answer 16

The emotion connected to the word

Question 17

Denotation

Answer 17

The dictionary definition of the word.

Question 18

Figurative Language

Answer 18

Persuasive things used to get people on your side.

Question 19

Simile

Answer 19

A comparison using like or as.

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

A comparison not using like or as.

Question 21

Personification

Answer 21

Giving nonhuman things human like characteristics.

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

An extreme exaggeration.

Question 23

Tone

Answer 23

The way the author wants you to feel when reading.

Question 24

Formal vs. Informal Tone

Answer 24

Formal language are things you would use in a professional setting. However informal language are things like slang words or how you would talk to a friend.

Question 25

Context

Answer 25

Things that are known that you could use to make something known.

Question 26

Text Structure (list the types and a description)

Answer 26

The way the text is set up. Types: Description- Describing in detail. Cause and Effect- One things makes another happen. Compare and Contrast- Seeing how things are alike and different. Chronology/Sequence- What order everything happens in. Problem and Solution- It gives a problem and how to solve it.

Question 27

Parallel Plot

Answer 27

Two storylines merge at the end.

Question 27

Suspense/Mystery/Tension

Answer 27

Wanting to know what is going to happen next.

Question 28

Flashback

Answer 28

Calling back to something that already happened.

Question 29

Foreshadowing

Answer 29

Hinting at something that will happen in the future.

Question 30

Rhetoric

Answer 30

The way of using persuasive language

Question 31

Allusion

Answer 31

Talking about something or someone that is widely known.

Question 32

Paradox

Answer 32

A self contradicting statement.

Question 33

Understatement

Answer 33

To talk about something that is a big deal like it isn’t a big deal.

Question 34

Logical Fallacy

Answer 34

An error that makes someone’s argument invalid.

Question 35

Emotional Appeals

Answer 35

Pulling on someone’s heartstrings to make them be on your side.

Question 36

Claim

Answer 36

What you are arguing for in an argumentative essay.

Question 37

Counterclaim

Answer 37

What someone on the opposite side may argue you about.

Question 38

Point of View (First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Omniscient, Third Objective)

Answer 38

The narrator’s position in the story. First Person- The narrator is the main character. Second Person- The reader is part of the story. Third Limited- We only know thoughts and feelings of one character. Third Omniscient- The narrator is all knowing. Third Objective- No feelings are known.

Question 39

Transitions

Answer 39

Words that make the flow better in your essay.

Question 40

Thesis Statement

Answer 40

Statement that shows what your essay will be about.

Question 41

Formal Writing Style

Answer 41

Writing in a professional way.

Question 42

Objective Tone

Answer 42

Tone that is only factual and has no opinions.

Question 43

Alliteration

Answer 43

Same letter at beginning of words.

Question 44

Assonance

Answer 44

Repitition of a vowel sound.

Question 45

Convey

Answer 45

To show something.

Question 46

Author’s Purpose

Answer 46

Why the author wrote what they did.

Question 47

Informative Essay (List the Elements)

Answer 47

Essay that informs you of something. Thesis, evidence , explanation, conclusion.

Question 48

Narrative Essay (List The Elements)

Answer 48

A story. Characters, plot, dialogue.

Question 49

Argumentative/Persuasive Essay (List the Elements)

Answer 49

Trying to get your point across. Claim, counterclaim, rebuttal.