Vocabulary Flashcards
(35 cards)
What does persona mean?
How the artist argues or wants to be seen by the audience- tone is part of this.
What is an idiom?
An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.
i.e. It’s raining cats and dogs.
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration for emphasis
i.e. Its raining cats and dogs
What does plot diagram mean?
The parts of a story’s plot that includes context, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution.
What is plot?
The action that makes up the story. The MAIN events.
What is character development?
The changes that take place in a character from the beginning to the end of the story. How the character changes.
What is an allusion?
A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is the hero’s journey/ mono myth?
A theory that there is one story; a person leaves their ordinary world, goes though trials, emerges stronger, and returns to their original world to help.
What is alliteration?
Repetition of a sound through a line of poetry.
What is an emanata?
The slashes, dashes, squiggles, and other marks that represent movements and states of beings in cartoons and comics.
What is characterization?
The creation of a fictional person; the way a character will think, act, look, and feel; two types of this are static and dynamic.
What is an anaphora?
The repetition of a word or phrase.
i.e. I have a dream
What is perspective?
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
Who is telling the story, who is the narrator.
What is ethos?
One of the appeals that deals with credibility or ethical choices.
What is pathos?
One of the audience appeals that deals with the audience’s emotions.
What is logos?
One of the audience appeals that usually deals with numbers, statistics, numbers, and other data.
What is mood?
The feeling the author/writer/speaker wants the audience to associate with the topic.
What is tone?
A reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, poem, story or other literary work.
What is a connection?
When you associate what you are reading to something in your life, someone you know, the world, or another, book, movie, poem, or song.
What is an archetype?
A prototype, a first form or main model of characterization; a recurring symbol, motif, theme, or characterization that appears over and over in art and literature.
What is motivation?
The moving force behind a character’s actions.
What is a semicolon?
Use a semicolon between independent clauses which are linked in meaning with a transitional word. This rule means that a writer may use semicolons between two complete sentences that are joined by transition words like however, meanwhile, next, similarly, therefore, for example, in addition, in conclusion, etc. And to clarify a series.
Series—If one or more elements in a series contain a comma, use semicolons to separate them. Include a semicolon before the final conjunction. (Members of the Western Jazz Quartet are Tom Knific, bassist; Trent Kynaston, saxophonist; Steve Zegree, pianist; and Tim Froncek, drummer.)
Two closely related sentences—For the most part, you should use a semicolon only where you could also use a period, but want to demonstrate a relationship between two complete sentences. (Good grades are integral to student success; a strong support network is also important.)
What is a colon?
A colon is used to give emphasis, present dialogue, introduce lists or text, and clarify composition titles.
Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence. (She had one love: Western Michigan University.)
Dialogue—Write the speaker’s name, followed by a colon and his or her statement. (Reporter: What is the Western Edge? Dunn: It is a strategic plan for promoting student success.)
Introduce lists, text or tabular material—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence. (Our future is dependent on three things: sustainability, diversity, and enhancing our strength and health.)
Clarify the titles of books, lectures and other compositions—Use a colon in titles that express two parallel ideas. The words on either side of the colon should be able to stand on their own. (He wrote “Crisis Management by Apology: Corporate Response to Allegations of Wrongdoing.”)
