Transcript File - Mrs. Owen

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Flashcard Terms
Alliteration
“The occurrence of the same
letter or sound at the beginning
of adjacent or closely connected
words.”
Example: “Blueblack cold”
Allusion
A reference to a person, place, or
another literary work, or event in
a literary piece.
Example: The Macbeth reference
in “Out, out—”
Antagonist
Character who stands in
opposition to the protagonist
Example: The Moth in
“Lesson of the Cockroach”
Antithesis
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Rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a
sentence to achieve a contrasting effect
Ex: “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
Aside
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Short speech delivered by a character in a play in order to express
his or her thoughts and feelings. It is traditionally directed to the
audience and is presumed not to be heard by other characters.
Example: “…and so near will I be,
That your best friends shall wish I had been further.” –Trebonius in
Julius Caesar
Character Foil
A character that shows qualities that are in
contrast with the qualities of another
character with the objective to highlight
the traits of the other character.
Ex: Antigone and Ismene are foils for each other.
Antigone is independent and strong-willed, but Ismene
is cautious and submissive.
Direct Characterization
What the author directly tells the audience about
a character
Ex: Chig
Chig is seventeen (Kelley 1).
Indirect Characterization
Speech-Character says/how he or she speaks
Thoughts-Character’s private thoughts and feelings
Effect on others toward character/How others behave
in reaction to character
Actions-Character’s behavior/What character does
Looks-Character’s appearance, dress
Indirect Characterization
Ex: Eva Dunford (grandmother)
“Only time I need help getting anywhere is when I
dies, and they lift me into the ground” (Kelley 3).
She is very independent and does not want any
special treatment because of her age.
Colons
• Use a colon after an independent clause when
introducing a list.
• Example: She likes the following items at Panera:
hazelnut coffee, cinnamon crunch bagels, and
strawberry poppy seed salads.
Colons
• Use a colon after an independent clause when
introducing a quotation.
• Example: In his movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, John
Hughes wrote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t
stop and look around once in a while, you could miss
it.”
Colons
• Use a colon between two independent clauses when
the second clause explains or summarizes the first
clause.
• Example: Mrs. Owen enjoys traveling: Los Angeles,
Paris, and Florence are currently on her bucket list.
Commas
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Before the coordinating conjunction to separate two independent
clauses in a compound sentence.
Example: My friends and I will go to the movies Friday, and we will
go to the UT vs. Alabama football game Saturday.
Commas
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Separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses in a series.
Example: She enjoys shopping, watching Modern Family, and
spending time with friends.
Commas
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Separate adjectives of equal rank.
Example: Our English II class meets in a decorative, colorful room.
Commas
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After an introductory word, phrase, or clause.
Example: When we were sophomores in high school, we had Mrs.
Owen in English II.
Commas
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Set off parenthetical and nonessential expressions (appositive
phrases).
Example: English II, my favorite class, is reading Frankenstein.
Commas
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Places, dates, and titles
Examples: Bearden High School is in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Friday, March 14, 2014, commences our spring break.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Commas
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Set off a direct quotation, to prevent a sentence from being
misunderstood, directly addressing someone
Examples: Isaiah said, “I’m going to play soccer this afternoon.”
Faulty: Let’s eat Granddad.
Revised: Let’s eat, Granddad.
Comma Splice
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A comma splice occurs when a writer has connected two main
clauses with a comma alone.
Ex: Caleb waited for his pizza to cool, he had already burned the
roof of his mouth with the mozzarella sticks.
Comma Splice-Correct with Period + Capital
Letter
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Make two separate sentences
Ex: Caleb waited for his pizza to cool. He had already burned the
roof of his mouth with the mozzarella sticks.
Comma Splice-Correct with Comma +
Coordinating Conjunction
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Ex: Caleb waited for his pizza to cool, for he had
already burned the roof of his mouth with the
mozzarella sticks.
Comma Splice-Correct with Semicolon
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Ex: Caleb waited for his pizza to cool; he had
already burned the roof of his mouth with the
mozzarella sticks.
Comma Splice-Correct with Subordination
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Use a subordinate conjunction; this method
reduces one of the two clauses to an incomplete
thought.
Ex: Caleb waited for his pizza to cool since he had
already burned the roof of his mouth with the
mozzarella sticks.
External Conflict
“Character clashes with an
outside force—another
character, society, or nature”
Example: Montagues vs.
Capulets in Romeo and Juliet
Internal Conflict
“Character struggles with his
or her own opposing feelings,
beliefs, needs, or desires”
Example: Hamlet (“To be or
not to be”)
Extended Metaphor
A comparison between two
unlike things through lines in a
poem.
Example: “Life for me ain’t been
no crystal stair.”
Foreshadowing
“The use of indicative
words/phrases and hints that
set the stage for a story to
unfold forthcoming events”
Example: Little Red Riding Hood
(“Watch out for the wolf in the
woods!”)
Sentence Fragments
• Result if you punctuate certain word groups as if they are complete
sentences. The most common of these word groups are the following:
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Subordinate clause: Subordinate conjunction + verb
Participle phrase: begins with –ing or –ed
Infinite phrase- to + verb
Verb phrase-without a subject
Appositive-word that renames a noun beside it
Sentence Fragments
• To fix fragments, you can attach the fragment either to the front or
the end of a nearby main clause.
• Afterthought: especially, for example, for instance, like, such as,
including, except
Sentence Fragments
• Ex: Flooring the accelerator, Adrian wove through the heavy traffic. As
his ex-best friend Roberto chased him down the interstate.
• To correct: The period after “traffic” can be removed.
Imagery
• Imagery is descriptive language the author uses to paint a picture in
the reader’s mind.
• Ex: “I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was
calm; and the snowy mountains, ‘the palaces of nature,’ were not
changed.”
Dramatic Irony
“A contradiction between what a
character thinks and what the
reader or audience knows to be
true.”
Example: Horror movies-The
audience yelling at the character,
“Don’t go in there!”
Situational Irony
“An event occurs that directly
contradicts the expectations of
the characters, the reader, or the
audience.”
Example: Friday Night Lights
movie-After overcoming a
difficult football season, the
team loses the championship
game.
Verbal Irony
“Words are used to suggest the
opposite of what is meant.”
Example: Mean Girls- Regina
George telling a girl she loves her
vintage skirt and later says that
the girl’s skirt is ugly.
Its, It’s
Its: possessive pronoun; Mrs.
Owen’s dog Berry always
wags its tail when she comes
home.
It’s: contraction of “it is” or “it
has”; Karen thinks it's going
to rain today because she has
“ESPN or something.”
Lyric Poem
A highly musical verse that expresses the
observations and feelings of a single speaker.
Ex: “Those Winter Sundays”
Metaphor
The comparison of two things
without using “like” or “as”.
Example: “All the world’s a stage
and the men and women merely
players.” –William Shakespeare
“Seven Ages of Man”
Metonymy
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Figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name
of something else with which it is closely associated.
Example: “So we wad all our life up into one little roll and then we
shoot the roll” (“Lesson of the Moth”)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• For clear, logical sentences, writers aim modifiers so that they strike
as close to the intended targets as possible.
• Ex-Sneering with superiority, Quinn drank iced tea from a crystal
glass that sparkled in the afternoon sun.
• Sneering with superiority, a participle phrase, describes Quinn, the
noun right after it. That sparkled in the afternoon sun, a relative
clause, describes glass, the noun in front.
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• When a writer’s aim is off and too much distance
separates the modifier from its target, the result is a
misplaced modifier.
• Drinking warm water from a rubber hose, envious
looks were shot Quinn’s way as the other picnickers
quenched their own thirst.
• Drinking warm water from a rubber hose, a
participle phrase, should describe picnickers, but
since that noun is so far away, the phrase seems to be
modifying envious looks, which don’t have mouths
that can suck water!
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• If the sentence fails to include a target, the modifier is dangling.
• With a sigh of pleasure, consumption of cucumber sandwiches
commenced.
• We assume that Quinn is the one sighing with pleasure and eating
cucumber sandwiches, but notice that he’s not in the sentence, so we
can’t tell for sure!
Monologue
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A long speech by one character that, unlike a soliloquy, is
addressed to another character or characters.
Example: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears…” –
Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2
Onomatopoeia
• The use of words that imitate sounds.
Example: Snap, Crackle, Pop, Buzz
Parallel Structure
• Whenever a writer includes a list of actions or items, he/she must use
equal grammatical units
• If the first item is a noun, then the following items must also be
nouns; if the first action is a past tense verb, then make the other
items past tense verbs as well.
Parallel Structure
• Examples of parallel structure
• Use past tense verbs-Students capped their pens, closed their
notebooks, and zipped their book bags…
• Or make all items in the list nouns: Students gathered their pens,
notebooks, and book bags…
Parallel Structure
• Be aware of correlative conjunctions such as Not only…but also,
either…or, and neither…nor because these require special attention
when proofreading for parallelism.
• Not only did Professor Jones give the class a withering look, but he
also assigned 20 extra pages of homework as punishment for their
impatience to leave.
Parallelism
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Repetition of a grammatical structure in order to
create a rhythm and make words more memorable.
“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was
fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor
him,”
Personification
Giving human characteristics to
something nonhuman/inanimate
object.
Example: The saw proving it knew
what supper meant. From “Out,
out—”
Plot Diagram
Exposition: “Introduces the
characters, background, and
setting”
Rising Action: “Statement(s) that
summarize the story”
Climax: “The ‘turning point’; the
protagonist changes”
Plot Diagram
Falling Action: “Statement
about what leads to the end of
the conflict”
Resolution: “The end of the
conflict”
Pronoun Agreement
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An indefinite pronoun refers to an unspecified person or
thing.
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Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either,
everyone, neither, nobody, no one, one, someone
Plural: both, few, many, several
Singular or Plural: all, any, more, most, none, some (take
singular verbs when they refer to one person or thing; take
plural verbs when they refer to two or more people or
things)
Most of the story takes place in England.
Most of the stories take place in England.
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Protagonist
The central character or leading
figure in a literary piece.
Example: Archy the Cockroach
in “Lesson of the Moth”
Pun
• A play on words in which a
humorous effect is produced by
using a word that suggests two
or more meanings
• Ex: In Julius Caesar, the word
“cobbler” is used to refer to
“mender of the soles” and
“mender of the souls”.
Quotation Marks
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Quotation marks come in pairs; do not begin a
quote and forget to close it.
Quotation Marks
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Capitalize the first letter of a direct quote when the
quoted material is a complete sentence.
Example: Mrs. Owen, our English II teacher, said, “I
cannot wait until Thanksgiving.”
Quotation Marks
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Do not use a capital letter when the quoted
material is a fragment or only a piece of the
original material’s complete sentence.
Example: Although Lauren had to work long hours
at Chick-fil-a, he stated that it was “worth talking to
an elderly gentleman and receiving a free cookie.”
Quotation Marks
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If a direct quotation is interrupted mid-sentence,
do not capitalize the second part of the quotation.
Example: “I love watching Disney princess movies,”
Julia said, “and I wish I could live out their
fantasies.”
Quotation Marks
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Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a
standard dialogue tag, a brief introductory phrase,
or a dependent clause.
Example: The detective said, “I am sure who
performed the murder.”
Quotation Marks
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Put commas and periods within quotation marks,
except when a parenthetical reference follows.
Example: Schuler said, “I would love to go, but I
have practice.”
Owen says, “When in doubt, cite it out” (25).
Quotation Marks
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Place colons and semicolons outside closed
quotation marks.
Example: William described the game as “tough
but successful”; other players agreed.
Haven emphasizes “three keys to writing a paper”:
research, hard work, and determination.
Quotation Marks
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Place a question mark or exclamation point within
closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies
to the quotation itself. Place the punctuation
outside the closing quotation marks if the
punctuation applies to the whole sentence.
Example: Jessica asked, “Do you need this book?”
Does Nike always say, “Just do it”?
Quotation Marks
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Song titles, poems, short stories, and speeches use
quotation marks.
Example: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening” is poem that uses repetition.
Refrain
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Repetition of a grammatical structure in order to
create a rhythm and make words more memorable.
“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was
fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor
him,”
Rhetorical Question
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A question to which no answer is expected, often used for
rhetorical effect.
Example: “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?”
Satire
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A writing technique writers use to expose and criticize corruption
of an individual or a society by using humor. Its intention is to
promote social change.
Example: Dorothy Parker’s “One Perfect Rose”
Semicolons
• Use a semicolon to join two independent clauses that
are closely related to each other in content.
• Example: Friends was my favorite television show
during the 1990s; in fact, it is my favorite television
show of all time.
Semicolons
• Use a semicolon between items in a list that already
involve commas.
• Example: I have lived in Knoxville, Tennessee;
Washington, DC; and Atlanta, Georgia.
Setting
• Descriptions of the place and time
• Example: The woods in “The Road Not Taken”
Simile
The comparison of two things
using “like” or “as”.
Example: His hands were like wild
birds.
Soliloquy
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on
stage.
Example: “Well, Brutus, thou art noble…” –Cassius, Julius Caesar,
Act I, Scene 2
Subject-Verb Agreement
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A verb must agree with its subject in number
Example: Mrs. Owen’s students are the best in the
world.
Some nouns ending in s are really singular in
meaning.
Example: News about the Boston Marathon
bombing is heartbreaking.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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In a verb phrase, it is the first helping verb that
must agree with the subject.
Example: In the play Julius Caesar, conspirators
have had enough problems from their ruler.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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The subject of a verb is never found in a
prepositional phrase or an appositive phrase.
Examples: The students of Chamblee Charter High
School are ready for winter break.
The Hunger Games, the best book, is also a great
movie.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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A compound subject whose parts are joined by and
usually requires a plural verb
Example: Friends and Gilmore Girls are her favorite
television shows.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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Collective Nouns- Refer to groups of people or
things:
class, committee, flock, crowd, team, family, staff,
police, club, herd, jury, majority
When referred to as a unit, it takes a singular verb.
When it refers to a group acting as individuals, it
takes a plural verb.
Examples: A robbery team steals a Monet in The
Thomas Crown Affair.
The team separate after the theft.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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When the parts of a compound subject are joined
by or or nor, the verb should agree with the part
closest to it.
Example: Neither the Plastics nor Cady receives a
candy cane from Glenn Cocoa.
Symbol
“Anything that stands for
something else (usually an
abstract idea).”
Example: The Ebony Clock
symbolizes fleeting time in
“Masque of the Red Death”.
Theme
“A central message or insight into
life revealed through a literary
work.”
Example: “Be careful what you
wish for” is a key theme in “The
Monkey’s Paw”.
Their, There, They’re
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Their: possessive pronoun; Sophomores have their English II SLO in
May.
There: adverb meaning “location”; Avi and Phoebe went there for
James’ birthday.
They’re: contraction of “they are”; They’re willing to make more
room at the table.
Tone
“The writer’s attitude toward his
or her audience and subject.”
Example: Dorothy Parker’s tone
in “One Perfect Rose” is sarcastic.
To, Too, Two
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To: preposition or infinitive; Ana and Tamara went to the football
game.
Too: also or excessively; Medina wants to go to the movie, too.
Kennyce put too much hot sauce on the pizza.
Two: number; Judith bought two pairs of sunglasses for the beach.
Tragic Hero
According to Aristotle, a true TRAGIC HERO
should experience, encounter, or display:
Displays hubris (excessive pride)
Displays hamartia (mistake in judgment, caused by an
internal flaw)
Displays anagnoresis. (recognizes he/she is wrong)
Downfall from high status through some combination
of hubris, fate (destiny), and the will of the gods.
Receives punishment for their actions.
Ex: Oedipus
Who, Whom
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Who: Subjective; As a personal pronoun, who can be a subject
and/or a predicate nominative. As a relative pronoun, who can
introduce a noun or an adjective clause.
Ex: Who is our
principal?; Alice is the one who plays soccer.
Whom: Objective; Whom can be an object (d.o., i.o., object of
phrase, etc). Whom are you taking to prom?
Whose, Who’s
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Whose: possessive pronoun; Whose book is this?
Who’s: interrogative pronoun + contraction “who is”; Who’s your
best friend?