Midterm Review

How many paragraphs should a text analysis be?

Which sonnet types if the following rhme scheme: ABBAABBA CDE in any order

In the nineteenth century, photography was a window to the world forthe public, few of ______ could ever see the world.

the main character that tells the story of a grand quest in which they use their extraordinary abilities

You will lose points on the text analysis if you are not right about the central idea.

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hiddenmeaning, typically a moral or political one.

Professor Renoir is likely to choose you or ____ as his research assistant.

What is a central idea?

Which sonnet type is the following rhyme scheme? ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

How many quotes (minimum) should you use in a text analysis?

The author shows the audience what kind of person a character isthrough the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.

Because each year our children are spending ______ more time in front of a computer, we need to limit their viewing.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning ofadjacent or closely connected words.

a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous andsympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.

a play for theater, radio, or television.

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose andcriticize people's stupidity or vices.

Which sonnet type is the following rhyme scheme? ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem orverse.

a poem of fourteen lines using any formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

when the author comes right out and tells the reader what to thinkabout the character.

What is the purpose of a text analysis?

when the audience (of a movie, play, etc.) understands somethingabout a character's actions but the characters do not.

How many literary devices do you need in a text analysis?

Neither the senator nor her opponents _____ addressed the issue of how to pay for the proposed health care reform.

a distinctive repeating feature or idea; often, it helps develop othernarrative aspects such as theme or mood.

What is a metaphor?

a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition,narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic figures

a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given humanattributes or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.