32 True/False questions

1. characterization → A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

   True        False

2. poem analysis → # lines, (cantos/sections) # of stanzas with # of lines per stanza, rhyme scheme, meter, content

   True        False

3. imagery → A brief condensation of the main idea or plot of a work. A summary is similar to a paraphrase, but less detailed.

   True        False

4. inference → A contrast between expectation and reality

   True        False

5. theme → A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

   True        False

6. main idea/controlling idea → A word or words that are inaccurate literally but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes. Figurative language may be in the form of metaphors or similes, both of which are non-literal comparisons. Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" is an example of non-literal, figurative language (metaphor, specifically).

   True        False

7. personification → A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

   True        False

8. hero's journey → The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

   True        False

9. topic sentence → A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.

   True        False

10. argument → A contrast between expectation and reality

    True        False

11. figurative language → A word or words that are inaccurate literally but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes. Figurative language may be in the form of metaphors or similes, both of which are non-literal comparisons. Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" is an example of non-literal, figurative language (metaphor, specifically).

    True        False

12. metaphor → A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared.

    True        False

13. motif → (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

    True        False

14. irony → A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

    True        False

15. setting → The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

    True        False

16. bias → A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

    True        False

17. fact → A statement that can be proved.

    True        False

18. tone → A contrast between expectation and reality

    True        False

19. symbolism → Excessive pride

    True        False

20. summary → A brief condensation of the main idea or plot of a work. A summary is similar to a paraphrase, but less detailed.

    True        False

21. conflict (man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. supernatural) → tell the topic of the paragraph

    True        False

22. author's purpose → The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

    True        False

23. myth → (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

    True        False

24. counterargument → A challenge to a position; an opposing argument

    True        False

25. alliteration → A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

    True        False

26. vocabulary in context → Builds on knowledge of signal words in a text (i.e. "for instance", "in other words", "similarly") to use as cues in figuring out unfamiliar words.

    True        False

27. perception → A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response

    True        False

28. simile → A comparison using like or as

    True        False

29. mood → A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

    True        False

30. hubris → Excessive pride

    True        False

31. archetype → A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

    True        False

32. opinion → A comparison using like or as

    True        False