English 9 Midterm Review

Repetition creates rhythm in poetry.

Less is more.

I could sleep for a year.

love

"When adults wage war, children perish. We see their faces, their eyes. Do we hear their pleas? Do we feel their pain?"

Emotion, imagination, and sympathy describes...

Good writing always answers the question "why?"

All sonnets have 14 lines.

The three rhetorical appeals are ethos, pogos, and pathos.

Cinderella's glass slipper fell off as she fled the ball.

A character in a story comments on the weather and says, "I think a storm is coming."

What do TPCASTTs help you do?

Gold represents wealth.

Which one is NOT part of the writing situation?

Didn't you wish you had a pet growing up, Dad?

To determine what an author's tone is you should ask yourself...

A gas station that's "always open" is closed for the night.

Is this a theme in A Separate Peace? Jealousy has consequences.

To be indifferent to that suffering is what makes the human inh. Indifference, after all, is more dangerous than hatred.

I promise I'm responsible. I've been walking the neighbor's dog for over a year.

What's not true about Leper?

These are the four common rhyme schemes: AABB, ABAB, ABBA, ABCB.

In sonnets, where can you find shifts in topic or feelings?

What is "the form follows the content" about?

_________________ is the author's choice of words.

How can you determine an author's purpose?

What is not part of an annotation?

What's not true about Phineas?

What's not true about Gene?

An exam question asks you to decide the meaning/purpose of a word you don't know. What do you do?

Knowledge can be destructive.

We're like two peas in a pod.

_____________ is the general attitude of an author, piece of writing, situation, etc.

A Separate Peace starts with an anecdote.

Sonnet means "little sound or song"

The first thing you should do when you see a large reading section on an exam is...

A poetic unit of measure that contains one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable is...

Which one is NOT part of rhetorical discourse?

__________________ is the atmosphere of a piece of writing that suggests a particular feeling.

Cinderella felt the cool, hard glass glide off her foot as she heard the threatening chime of the castle clock.

The rhyme scheme of an Italian/Petrarchan sonnet is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

What is the purpose of an ode?

_________________ is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.

What's not true about Brinker?

Logic, reason, and rationality describes...

A Separate Peace is written in third person.

"54 years ago, to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian mountains woke up [...] in Buchenwald"

Ode means "to love"

Mom, if we train the dog to guard the house then you won't have to pay for a security system.

We made it to the top of the mountain as the sun rose.

The horizon invited us up the to the final steps as the first peek of sun blotted its clementine hue upon the clouds.

Education is the key to problem-solving.

Which one isn't a type of ode?

The winter carnival represents youthfulness.

I can't sleep. I can't eat. I can't work.

The big juicy burger, with its melted cheese and fresh tomato, made my mouth water.

What is it called when you brainstorm on paper before you write something?

Who do you think you are?

Credibility, authority, and reliability describes...