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english vocab
final exams
72 cards·by angelfood17
steps to reading nonfiction
ask about the writer, determine if its factor or opinion, we interupt, we analyze, we extend
text, we challenge text
purpose
authors reason for writing to inform, persuade or entertain
tone
attitude a writer takes towards an auidience
autobiography
an account of an authors own life
answer
speech
an oral performance
main idea
message communicated by an author
exaggeration
overstating something in a big way
reading poetry
punctuation, look for subject and verb, be alert for literary devices, read poem outloud lots
of times
metaphor
comparison of two unlike things
similie
compares two unlike objects using like or as
personification
gives human characteristics to inanimate objects
symbol
an ordinary object with big meaning
imagery
language that appears to the sences
repitition
purposful reuse of words and phrases for an effect
rhythem
musical quality in language
catalog poem
built on a list of images
free verse
poetry that does not have a rhyme scheme
haikus
has 17 syllables, images from everyday life, contains seasonal word or symbol, presents
moment of discovery
pun
play on words
implied metaphor
does not tell us the comparison directly
william golding
wrote lord of the flies, studied at oxford, worked as an actor, writer, school master and
teacher
when was lord of the flies published?
1954, but first rejected by 21 publishers
lord of the flies setting
mid 1940s when europe was engulfed in war
ralph
counsel, good natured, fair, common sence
jack
one who takes by force, uses fear and threats to control
simon
listener, most spritual, not scared of jungle, confronts evil
piggy
smartest, outcast
roger
spear, cruelest
roger
spear, cruelest
lord of the flies theme
civilization vs savagery, loss of innocense, power, need for social order
symbols in LOTF
conch shell, huts, fire, piggys glasses
allegory
the use of symbols to portray a belief or message
irony
refers to a situation that is the opposite of what is expected
point of view
the vantage point from which the writer tells the story
first person pov
one of the characters tell the story
third person pov
an unknown character tell the story
third person omnicient pov
an all knowing narrator tells the story
meter
rythem of accented and unaccented syllables
iambic trimeter
meter of poetry consisting of 3 iambic units per line
alleteration
occurance of the same letter sound at the beginning of a closley connected word
assonance
repittion od the sound of a vowel
onamatopoeia
formation of a word from the sound
plot
events that make up a story
expostion
introduces important backround info
dynamic characters
undergoes an important external chane
static character
undergoes little or no change
round character
complex and undergoes development
flat character
two demintional and doesnt change
external conflict
struggle between a character and an outside force
internal conflict
struggle within the mind
man vs...
self,nature,society,man,supernatural
most dangerous game
written by richard o conell, theme is dont let fear control you, author went to harvard
the sniper
written by liam o flashery
thank you mam
written by langstorm huges
the lady or the tiger
written by frank r stockton and was born in phile
daily
written by naomi shibab nye, was inspired by childhood memories
when i heard the learned astronomer
written by walt whitman, and transformed poetry by writing in free verse
when i lay my burden down
written by maya angelou, she was abused at 7
fire and ice
written by robert frost, he was influenced by nature
i wanderd as lonley as a cloud
written by william wordsworth, he started writing poetry at 15 years old
not much of me and with a task before me
written by abraham lincoln , 16th president and had little formal education
15
written by william stafford
women
written by alice walker, written for her mom
kidnap
written by nikki gioanni, was born in tennesse
combing
written by gladys cardiff, was born in mantana
my papas waltz
written by theodore, was a german immigrant and teacher
american hero
written by essex hemphill
rainsford
round character
general zaroff
static and round character
whittney
flat character
ivan
flat character