1 / 17

Final Exam Review

Final Exam Review. Senior Language Arts Spring 2013. Alliteration. Repetition of initial consonant sounds “The s oul s elects her own s ociety.” --Emily Dickinson. Anecdote. Short, amusing story. Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables

derron
Download Presentation

Final Exam Review

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Final Exam Review Senior Language Arts Spring 2013

  2. Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds “The soul selects her own society.” --Emily Dickinson

  3. Anecdote Short, amusing story

  4. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables The moon rose over an open field.

  5. Cliché Overused expression Think outside the box.

  6. Conflict Struggle between opposing forces * Internal * man vs. himself * External * man vs. man * man vs. nature

  7. Diction Word choice children / kids / youths / brats eat / dine / wolf down canine / dog / mutt

  8. Lyric Poetry Poetry that describes an emotion

  9. Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a story

  10. Paradox Statement that seems to contradict itself but doesn’t “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” --Macbeth

  11. Personification Giving human traits to animals or objects The wind whispered in the trees.

  12. Rhetorical Question a question that one is not expected to answer What were you thinking?

  13. Rhyme Scheme Pattern of rhyming lines Whose woods these are I think I know A His house is in the village, though A He will not see me stopping here B To watch his woods fill up with snow A --Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

  14. Satire Work that mocks someone or something

  15. Symbol Something that represents itself and something else

  16. Syntax Word order Inverted syntax: “Whose woods these are I think I know.” Instead of: I think I know whose woods these are.

  17. Voice Unique way in which an author or narrator expresses himself or herself.

More Related