English 10 Semester 1 2020 Review

An act committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, racial, ethnic, or religious group

When Elie Wiesel describes Moishe as having "wide, dreamy eyes"

Used in NIGHT to achieve dramatic tension--reader knows what will happen, but s/he does not not know HOW

Includes the reworded thesis, a summary of the body paragraphs' main points, and a clincher

In NIGHT, Elie's father's knife and spoon represent all he has left to give to his son

The party-goers being locked into Prince Prospero's castle

Author suggests a character's personality through what others say/how they act

Wiesel's struggle to stay make it through each round of selection

A work of art (story, poem, picture, song, etc.) that contains a hidden meaning, often a moral or political one

In the upper-left corner of the first page, author's first and last name/class name/paper type/date-month-year appears

Wiesel's father's conflict with the guards who were beating him when he fell

A repeated symbol throughout a literary work (such as fire in NIGHT

The author or narrator explicitly (specifically, directly) tells us what the character is like

The beginning of the story story; includes characters (who), setting (where and when), main conflict (problem)

The time and place in which a story occurs

The feeling/emotional response a reader receives from the details/language in a text

Wiesel's father rarely showed his feelings and was more involved with other people's welfare

A narrator outside the story tells the story; details restricted to ONE character's thoughts/feelings

Specific details described that involve one or more of the five senses; used to engage the reader

A comparison of two unlike things USING the words "like" or "as"

A struggle that takes place in a character's heart or mind; person vs. self

The narrator's emotional attitude towards the subject implied through word choice

Example "[Death] would seize upon a sleeping person, steal into him and devour him bit by bit"

Typically contains darkness, decay, supernatural beings, death, imprisonment and escape, and/or dual (opposite) natures

Information taken from a credible source that shows the author's point; Job 3 of the 5 Jobs

First part of the essay's introduction

A type of essay that describes step-by-step how to complete a process; the first essay we wrote this semester

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale; example: Hitler's Final Solution to eliminate all Jewish people

Audience/reader understands what is happening or about to happen but the character(s) is (are) not aware

A sentence that ends a body paragraph; connects information from the previous paragraph to the next; Job 5 of the 5 Jobs

Correcting any grammar, spelling, usage, or punctuation errors you identify

Explains how the step is completed

Describes any warnings or precautions of which the reader needs to be aware

The end result of the initial conflict; options: improves, becomes worse, or stays the same

Helps provide a context for the evidence; Job 2 of the 5 Jobs

A self-written biography, often chronological

Adding and/or deleting details

An interruption of the chronological (time) sequence of a narrative to leap ahead in time

EVENTS that occur as a result of the decision to solve the problem (turning point)

Idek, one of the Kapos, suddenly and without being provoked, begins beating Schlomo Wiesel, Elie's father

 good = a question; better = interesting fact or statistic; best = personal story

The general method that suggests a character's personality or characteristics

Non-literal language used to create a special effect or feeling

Something concrete (physical) in a story whose details represent something else (usually abstract)

EVENTS that occur as a result of the main conflict

The march of prisoners from one camp to another in cold and blizzard conditions

The story's forward-moving chronological sequence is interrupted to give details about an earlier event

The decision made by—or for—the protagonist (main character) to solve the conflict

A struggle between a character and something outside of him/her; person vs. person, society, nature, technology, or fate

Begins each body paragraph; also known as "Job 1" of the 5 Jobs

The writer's explanation how/why the evidence supports his or her opinion stated in the thesis; Job 4 of the 5 Jobs

A dramatic genre (or type) of English fiction that was popular in America during the mid-1800's through the early 1900'

Giving human qualities to a non-human thing

Explains how/why the step is important to complete

Beginning sentences with different words in the same paragraphs (this helps prevent boredom in the reader)

Nazi Germany's hatred of all Jewish people and plan to kill them all

A type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person's life

The problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action

Important so the paper may receive a better grade and the reader will not be distracted by sloppy errors