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Sentence Structure/Patterns: The queen is sick.
Declarative - makes a statement
Exclamatory - makes an exclamation
Interrogative - asks a question
Imperative - gives a command
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When analyzing an author's syntax, ask:
How and why does the author vary the lengths of sentences
How does the author begin and end sentences and why?
How much diction and slang is used per sentence
How are the sentences using sight to convey a scene
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Abstract...
emotional, intangible, philosophical
intangible, unintelligible
physical, tangible
figurative, relative
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Concrete...
obscure, obtuse
intangible, mental
physical, tangible
emotional, abstract
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When analyzing an author's syntax, ask:
What specific detail is given about the age of the author?
How does the author arrange ideas, and why that pattern?
How does the author punctuate sentences and why?
Which of the three basic sentence types are frequently used
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Sentence Structure/Patterns: Is the queen sick?
Exclamatory - makes an exclamation
Interrogative - asks a question
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When analyzing figurative language think
Is the comparison clever, innovative. archetypal or trite?
What image or association does the author create?
What feeling might the association create, and why?
What associations might be conjured in the audiences mind?
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Defines --->
Language
Imagery
Diction
Details
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Sentence Structure/Patterns: Stand up.
Interrogative - gives a command
Interrogative - asks a question
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This sentence appeals to which senses
Auditory
Smell/Olfactory
Visual
Sensei
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Defines -->
Details
Diction
Syntax
Language
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Semicolons are associated with
interruption of a thought, an interjection of a thought
a list, definition or explanation, a result
a trailing off, going into a dreamlike state
parallel ideas; equal ideas, a piling up of detail
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Sentence Structure/Patterns: The singer bowed to her adoring audience
Compound sentence - contains two, independent clasues
Simple sentence - contains one subject and one verb
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This sentence appeals to which senses
Sixth sense
Taste
Auditory
Smell/Olfactory
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Textic: abbreviation usage such as 'lol'
Jargon: vocabulary for a professions
Vulgar: coarse, indecent, tasteless
Formal: literary, elevated
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This sentence appeals to which senses
Eyes
Smell/Olfactory
Visual
Taste/Gustatory
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Syntactic patterns (__________) are used by the author to create what effect?
parallel construction, juxtaposition
obtuse, acute, right-angled
imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
simple, compound, complex
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Period sentence...
involves constructing a sentence so the subject comes first
makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached
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Denotative meaning...
figurative
unique
abstract
literal
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Moralistic: puritanical, righteous
Obscure: uncleare
Literal: apparent, word for word
Abstract: general, conceptual
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In imagery, generally you should look for...
texts that are abstract
texts that are monosyllabic
text that appeals to senses
texts that are heterogeneous
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Defines -->
Diction
Language
Details
Syntax
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When analyzing an author's syntax, ask:
are the ideas arranged by importance, most to least?
is there a variety or repetitive pattern in the beginnings
What mood is the mood of the sentence
Is the sentence short, medium or long
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Precise: exact, accurate, decisive
Provincial: rural, rustic, unpolished
Pretentious: pompous, gaudy, inflated
Scholarly: intellectual, academic
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Which of the four moods (____________________) does the author use and why?
declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
simple, compound, complex
short, medium, long, average
happy, sad, scared, exciting
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When analyzing an author's syntax, ask:
What was the means of writing the text?
Is there parallel construction?
Are they choppy? Flowing? Sinuous like a snake?
Is there a rhyme scheme?
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When analyzing the author's use of detail, ask:
What are the connotations of the authors detail choice?
What is implied by them?
Are the details significant and specific?
What do these included/excluded details indicated about tone
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Defines:
Juxtaposition
Split order of a setnence
Parallel Structure
Loose sentence
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Defines --->
Diction
Syntax
Imagery
Details
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When analyzing the author's use of detail, ask:
What senses are used to convey tone?
What details has the author excluded?
What details has the author specifically included?
What effect do these included/excluded details have on mood?
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Authors age and historical context
new, random, trendy
unique, diverse, indiferent
direct, factious, revealing
old fashioned, common, trendy
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Define: Analogy
use of words that seem to contradict each other
comparison of two unlike but parallel things or situations
comparison of two alike things
a monologue performed by the character with glasses
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What punctuation is used to emphasize something
Dash
Italics
Capitalization
Exclamation point
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Involves constructing a sentence so the subject mes before the predicate...
Natural order of a sentence
Inverted order of a sentence
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Cultured: cultivated, refined, finished
Detached: cut-off, removed, separated
Emotional: expressive of emotions
Connotative: allude to, suggestive
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Define: Downplaying
deliberate exaggeration for effect
deliberate under exaggeration for effect
attributing human qualities to inhuman objects
literally the same as Oxymoron
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A complex sentence
contains one subject and one verb
contains an independent or subordinates clauses
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Monosyllabic
one syllable
more than one syllable
negative syllables
like three syllables
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Learned: educated, experienced
Old Fashioned: archaic, outdated
Insipid: uninteresting, tame, dull
Informal: familiar, conversational
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Ellipses...
parallel ideas, equal ideas
emphasis; for emotion
a trailing off, going into a dreamlike state
a list, definition or explanation
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Define: simile
direct comparison of unlike things that assumes one is
deliberate exaggeration for effect
direct comparison of unlike things using like or as
Indirect comparison using features such as words
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Cacophonous sound
harsh
serene
rigid
vernacular
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Polysyllabic
one syllable
definitely two
less than one syllable
more than one syllable
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Define: Oxymoron
use of words that seem to develop a character
use of words that seem to complement each other
use of words that seem to go with the flow3
use of words that seem to contradict each other
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Plain: clear, obvious
Denotative: literal, exact meaning
Poetic: lyric, melodious, romantic
Pedantic: scholastic, didactic, bookish
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Idiomatic: peculiar, vernaclular
Homespun: folksy, homey, native
Formal: academic, conventional
Grotesque: hideous, deformed
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when analyzing imagery, generally you should look for...
How is imagery included or omitted to reflect style
the means used to write the text
Why the particular imagery was chosen
The authors focus on one example of imagery that stands out
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Defines ---->
Language
Syntax
Imagery
Diction
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When analyzing the author's use of language, ask:
what is the meaning of the individual words
What adjectives can you use to describe the authors language
What patterns of diction, imagery, details and syntax
Does the author's tone stay the same or shift
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When analyzing an author's syntax, ask:
How does the sentence structure affect the reader?
How does the structure affect the overall text?
What purpose does the structure of sentences serve?
What emotional impression does the sentence structure leave?
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This sentence appeals to which senses
Emotion
Auditory
Touch/Tactile
Visual
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Sentence Structure/Patterns: The queen is dead!
Exclamatory - makes an exclamation
Declarative - makes a statement
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Trite: common, banal, stereotyped
Symbolic: metaphorical
Slang: lingo, colloquialism
Sensuous: passionate, luscious
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Contains two, in depended classes joined by a coordination conjunction describes:
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Loose sentence
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When analyzing description think
why the author's choices contribute to overall effectiveness
is the description vivid and clear or vague and ambiguous?
how does this apply to myself and the real world
Implied associations (feelings, experiences) are conjured
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This sentence appeals to which senses
(Smell)
(Auditory)
(Touch/Tactile)
(Nose Sense)
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When analyzing the purpose of effect of diction, ask;
How does the author's word choice affect my understanding?
Whats the relationship between tone and the word?
What specific effect did the word achieve?
Why did the author choose that word over another word?
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The phrases or clauses balance each other by their likeness of structure, meaning, or length...
Likened sentence
Balanced sentence
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Concrete: actual, specific, particular
Colloquial: vernacular/slang
Bombastic: pompous, ostentatious
Artificial: false
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Define: Personification
attributing qualities of inhumane objects to humans
attributing human qualities to inhumane objects
using personal phrases such as 'google search history'
words that appeal to the readers emotions
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Interruption of a thought, an interjection of a thought into another defines which punctuation?
Ellipses
Dash
Semicolon
Italics
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Euphonious sound
harsh
rash
pleasant
serene
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Defines:
Period sentence
Repetition
Simile
Juxtoposition
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When listing, defining or concluding, you should use what punctuation?
Colon
Quartercolon
Ellipses
Semicolon
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What type of descriptive language is used?
Euphemistic: insincere, affected
Figurative: serving as an illustration
Esoteric: understood by a chosen few
Exact: verbatim, precise
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When analyzing sound devices think
Is it cacophonous or euphonious? Why did the author do so?
What might this sound represent? An object, process, feeling
What sound is being emphasized? A vowel, consonant, syllable
Alliteration consonance assonance repetition onomatopoeia
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Define: metaphor
a word or object that represents something else
direct comparison of unlike things that assumes one is
direct comparison of unlike things using like or as
use of words that seem to contradict each other
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Defines:
Juxtapositon
balanced sentence
Period sentences
Parallel structure
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Connotative meaning...
literal, simple, excact
contextual, suggestive,
multicultural, diverse
positive, charge, neutron
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Define: Symbol
a word or object in a story that represents something else
attributing human qualities to inhuman objects
a word that is used as a placeholder
a picture that has a deep meaning
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Define: Hyperbole
deliberate exaggeration for effect
deliberate exclamation point for effect
deliberate explanation for effect
deliberate downplaying for effect
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What assumptions does the author seem to make about his/her audience? in terms of...
Culture, backround, date of birth
Age, clothes, shoe size
Age, genders, species, color
Age, culture, background, level of education, social class
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Local color...
using general words
using english words
using regional dialect
using metaphorical words
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Contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses...
Loose sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
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Involves constructing a sentence so that the predicate comes before the subject...
Split order of a sentence
Inverted order of a sentence
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Loose sentence...
makes complete sense if brought to a close before the ending
makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached
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What are the types of sentences (based on structure purely)?
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
colloquial, slang, ethical, scholarly
simple, compounded, short, long
unique, abstract, humerus, false
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When analyzing the author's use of language, ask:
is it in English, French, Canadian?
What overall impressions does the author's language make?
What literary and rhetorical devices are most common, why?
Does it reflect education? Perhaps a particular profession?
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Divides the predicate into two parts with the subject coming in the middle...
Natural order of a sentence
Parallel structure
Juxtapostion
Split order of a sentence
