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Question 1

Def: Attempt 2 persuade someone 2 do/think/buy something; bec it's popular/everyone is doing it

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Bandwagon

Question 2

Def: Whata person believes to be important.

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Values

Question 3

Def: This appeals to emotions such as hope/fear to persuade an audience (often using anecdotes)

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Pathos

Question 4

Def: Information spread for the purpose of supporting a cause.

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Propaganda

Question 5

What type of character does not change much throughout the story?

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Static

Question 6

Def:A model image, personage, or theme that recurs in stories, myths, and literature

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Archetype

Question 7

Def: Whenthe writer addresses an opposing viewpoint(s) then goes on to defend their view

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Counterargument

Question 8

Def: Quotes from an expert/group of experts usedto try & make an argument sound more credible.

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Citingauthority

Question 9

What figurative language is used in the phrase, "Everybody knows that"

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Hyperbole

Question 10

Def: Thisappeals to reasoning to persuade (often using facts, citingauthority, and statistics)

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Logos

Question 11

Which of the following appeals to a person's ethics?

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Ethos

Question 12

Which of the following appeals to a person's logic?

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Logos

Question 13

Def: This is a way of getting the audience to take action on aspecific subject.

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Callto action

Question 14

What type of poem has 5 lines with a 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllable format?

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Cinquain

Question 15

Archetypes can be applied to:

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All of the above

Question 16

what type of poem starts with "There was a..." and ends with something a farfetched or unusual?

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Limerick

Question 17

Def: A generalized belief about a group of people.

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Stereotype

Question 18

Def:The basic sequence of events in a story

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Plot

Question 19

Which of the following appeals to a person's emotions?

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Pathos

Question 20

Def: A reference w/in a lit. work referencing another work of lit, art, or real events.

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Allusion

Question 21

Def: A question asked for an effect, not actually requiring an answer.

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Rhetoricalquestion

Question 22

Def: A story or scenario used in writing to appeal to an audience’s emotions.

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Anecdote

Question 23

Def: A claim that can be observed and proven (the opposite of an opinion).

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Fact

Question 24

Which is NOT a form of conflict?

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Man vs. Object

Question 25

Def: connecting bits of information to make a logical choice

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Infer

Question 26

Language not meant 2 be taken literally-layered with meaning through theuse of literary devices

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Figurative Language

Question 27

What type of character changes in some important way as a result of some action?

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Dynamic

Question 28

Def:The emotions or set of associations attached to a word that is implied rather than literal

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Connotation

Question 29

Where does a call to action go?

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At the very end of the essay

Question 30

What figurative language is being used in "The wind whispered through the dry grass"

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Personification

Question 31

Def: A claim that has no proof/data to back it up (may or may not be true).

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Opinion

Question 32

Def: The central or universal idea of a piece of fiction orthe main idea of a nonfiction essay

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Theme

Question 33

What type of character has only one or two personality traits?

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Flat

Question 34

Def: The intentional repetition of a word, phrase, event, or idea as a unifying theme.

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Motif

Question 35

What is mood?

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The emotions of the reader

Question 36

True or False: Explicit themes are overtly stated

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True

Question 37

Def: Theuse of numbers to make a more credible argument.

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Statistics

Question 38

Def: An attitude or belief that favors one side of the argument.

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Bias

Question 39

What figurative language compares two things using the words like or as?

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Simile

Question 40

What is the correct order of a plot chart?

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Exposition,rising action, climax, falling action,resolution

Question 41

What do are readers introduced to in the exposition of a story?

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Both

Question 42

What is not a kind of point of view?

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2nd person omniscient

Question 43

True or False: The thesis statement is the first line of the introduction paragraph

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False

Question 44

Def: Thisis the repetition of sentences with the same structure/construction/meaning/ sound.

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Parallelism

Question 45

Which is NOT a type of plot that we talked about?

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The free-for-all

Question 46

T or F: Transition words are used to change from one topic to another

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True

Question 47

Def: Whena word or phrase is used repeatedly to create emphasis.

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Repetition

Question 48

Def: A claim by a famous person to endorse a product or idea.

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Testimonial

Question 49

Def: the dictionary definition of a word; the literal or cognitive meaning

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Denotation

Question 50

What figurative language is being used in "Jill ran her hand through her silky hair"

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Imagery

Question 51

True or False: Every time a different person talks in dialogue, they should get on a new line

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True

Question 52

Def:This appeals to the one’s sense of right and wrong (often using values, beliefs, & ethics)

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Ethos

Question 53

Def: One’ssense of what is right and what is wrong.

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Ethics

Question 54

Def: Thingsthat someone thinks to be true without solid proof.

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Beliefs

Question 55

Def: A vague statement that has no real meaning.

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Generalities

Question 56

True or False: Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks

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True

Question 57

What is tone?

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The writer's attitude towards a subject, character, etc.

Question 58

Conflict is defined as a struggle or clash between two character only

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False

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