KY ENG II EOC

characters that change throughout the story

rhetorical questions

what you expect to happen doesn't

uses comparisons to make a point

YOU'RE

a writing form in which the author's purpose is to describe something in detail.

thinking that assumes that the very point one is trying to make is the same as the argument

This writer's purpose is to tell a story.

carpe diem

Break a leg.

The group will stop in Denver overnight.

E pluribus unum

eyewitness account of an event

bona fide

play on words

Nine plus one equals ten.

something in a word that gives hints about what is going to happen next

words spoke to another character or to the audience which are not  overheard by everyone

words that sound like thier meaning

I am going to pass the EOC

a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech

That boy is the nicest person in the school.

comparison that does not use like or as

Her house is really beautiful.

reference to a historical, Biblical, or cultural reference that people will recognize

characters that do not change in a story

internal battles that characters wage within themselves -  type of literary conflict

Romeo did not know that Juliet was still alive, but the audience did.

the author uses you and your- very rarely used

words spoken in a play between characters

ideas presented by showing one side of the point, immediately followed by another

part of plot - learn about the characters and the setting

non sequitur

ENSURE

articles

THEY'RE

Femme Fatale

avant-garde

L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz".

story with a moral lesson in which people are the characters

Cum Laude

terra firma

The Titanic sank . . . but it was unsinkable.

RSVP

poem that has meter or rhythm but no rhyme

diary

ASSURE

INSURE

encyclopedia

I tried a thousand times!

Esprit de corps

Nature serves as the obstacle for characters.

main character

The Supernatural  typically defies the laws of nature and is in conflict with the character.

words spoken when a character is alone on stage

caveat emptor

a source that is the closest to the topic at hand - most reliable

Faux Pas

balance within one + sentences of similar phrases/clauses having the same grammatical structure

the author's attitude toward the text

That picture is by Rembrandt.

all conflicts are resolved and the ending is revealed

 a combination of words that has a figurative meaning, due to its common usage

extreme exaggeration

suggests that since no one has ever proved a particular claim, it must be false

Mr. Jones has two sons and one daughter.

prima donna

 introduces an irrelevant or secondary subject in order to divert attention from primary issue

story that has two meanings

carte blanche

using words that carry strong positive or negative feelings to distract or persuade

argument built on only part of the story

c'est la vie

personal letters

status quo

My friend has six fingers on one hand.

ad nausem

The Bulls are better than the Knicks.

tabula rasa

Gun control is a simple question of protecting society.

most intense part of the plot

a literary work that makes fun of human issues

 the author's purpose is to get the reader to change his/her opinion or act in some way

textbook

a false dilemma is reduced to only two possible extremes

CITE

A direct object can only follow __________?

It's

journal

a source that is one or more steps away from the original

ideas presented in the order of the thesis

assumes causation too easily on the basis of mere succession of time

I will finish before the rest of the class.

story with a moral lesson in which non-human objects are the characters

SIGHT

attempts to persuade using fear, guilt, etc. rather than evidence

moments that go back in time to help the audience understand the plot

poem that has no meter, rhythm or rhyme

cites the popularity of an idea as a reason for accepting it as true

falsely reduces a complex issue down to overly limited terms

savoir faire

something that stands for something else

an outsider looking at the action-the reader enters only one character's mind

comparison that uses like or as

the reader know something that the characters do not

The subject complement identifies or describes the subject.  It follows a _____.

SITE

Du Jour

Alma Mater

verbatim

repetition of the consonant sound

line of poetry that rhymes inside the lines

Bon Voyage

applies a general statement too broadly

extreme exaggeration

Characters are opposed by or will oppose the actions, reactions, motivations other  characters.

hoi polloi

long speech made by a character who is not alone on stage

Why don't you go play in the street?

alpha and omega

information that is needed to lead to the resolution

lines that rhyme at the end

biography

part of plot - introduces the problems and/or conflicts

words are "twisted" or said differently in order to make them rhyme

Deja Vu

THERE

the reader's attitude of feeling as her or she reads a text

A story in which the objects, persons, & actions represent meanings  more than the story itself

attacks the character of a person making the argument rather than the argument itself

joie de vivre

an outsider looking at the action -the thoughts of every character are open to the reader

THEIR

character that goes against the main character - usually the villain

carte blanche

what is said is the opposite of what's really meant

ideas presented in the order of time

giving a non-human thing human characteristics

autobiography

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.  Then it hit me.

use of someone who is recognizable to persuade