TSI TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

TSI TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 Elements of Fiction Plot and Structure Characterization Theme Setting Point of view Style Symbol, allegory, and fantasy Humor and irony Commercial fiction Written and published primarily to make money Literacy fiction Written with serious artistic intentions who hopes to broaden, deepen, and sharpen the readers awareness of life. - Focuses more on real world Signal words Indicates that you are moving from one idea to another. - gives the reader clues about where the writer has been, and gives directions about where the writer is going Recognizing signal words Contrast - although, however Additional information - also, and, another Explanation - because, the reason for Example - for example, for instance Enumeration - 1, 2, 3, next, then Conclusion - therefore, in summary Plot Sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story. - The plot is not merely the action itself, but the way the author arranges the action towards a specific end (structure) Conflict A clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills. Types: Person vs. person, person vs. environment, person vs. self Protagonist The central character in a conflict Antagonist Any force arranged against the protagonist - persons, things, conventions of society, or the protagonists own personality trait Suspense The quality in a story that makes readers ask "what's going to happen next?" Deus Ex Machina Latin for God from a machine, the saving of the protagonist from an impossible situation Symbol Something that makes more than it suggest on the surface Style The manner in which an author uses words, constructs sentences, incorporates non-literal expressions, and handles rythm, timing, and tone. - When asked to describe, you are being asked to describe how or explain why the words, sentences, and imaginative comparisons are effective in the term of what is being created Characterization Analyzing characterization is more difficult than describing plot; human nature is infinitely complex, variable and ambiguous. It is much easier to describe what a person has done instead of who a person is Types of characters Flat - usually have one or two predominant traits. Character can be summed up in a few lines. Round - complex and many faceted, have the qualities of real people. Stock - a type of flat character, appears so often the reader recgonizes them right away Static - remains essentially the same throughout. Developing - undergoes a significant change during the story Theme principles In the form of a statement with a subject and predicate, stated as a generalization about life, avoid terms like, every, all, and always, the central and unifying concept of a story, there is no way of stating the theme of a story, avoid statements that reduces the theme to a familiar saying that we have heard all our lives Theme Exists only when the author has seriously attempted to record life accurately or to reveal some truth about it, or when the author has deliberately introduced as a unifying element some concept or theory of life that the story illuminates Irony A humerous technique with a range of meanings that all involve some sort of discrepancy of incongruity Fantasy A nonrealistic story that transcends the bounds of known reality Allegroy A story that has a second meaning beneath the surface Verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrance, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen Reading The active skill of reading written or printed material silently or aloud Literacy Ability to read and write Active voice Use when you want to emphasize the person performing the action Passive voice Use to emphasize the action itself, not the person performing it Citation A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author especially in a scholary work Common ground A point or argument accepted by both sides in a dispute. Ideas or interests shared by different people Effective argument to a specific audience Subjectively convincing while objectively following the rules of logic by avoiding using fallacies (a mistaken belief, one based on unsound argument) to argue the point Present Give something to someone formally or ceremonially. - A ver form in the present time Summarizing Putting the main ideas into your own words, including the main point, attribute to the original source, significantly shorter than the original material and take a broad overview of the source material Paraphrasing Putting material into your own words, must attribute to the original source, usually shorter than original material Quotations Must be identical to the original, must match the source word for word and must attribute to the original author Different types of patterns of organization Explanation, example, compare and contrast, cause and effect, definition, enumeration Patterns of organization A way that a writer organizes their thoughts to effectively communicate, a patter that a reader looks for to help identify the writers perspective and purpose usually by determining what kind of details they are given, or how they have arranged their ideas Personal narrative main points Am interesting story about the writer written in first person (I, me, and my), has a beginning, middle, and end, presents events in clear order, uses details to help readers see people, places, and events, shows how the writer feel about the experience and why it's meaningful Purpose of figurative language Enhances fiction, explanes more about what is happening, describes people and actions, add emphasis Onomatopoeia Words that are sounds - MOOO, SWISH, ZOOOM Metaphor Used to compare 2 things, instead of saying something is "like" or "as", it just sates that it IS! ex - John's mind is a computer, My mom is a workhorse Personification To compare something that is NOT human as if it has human traits. Ex - The flowers danced in the wind, the friendly gates welcomed us Alliteration Repetition of the first consonant Ex - Stan the Strong Surfer Saved Several Swimmers on Saturday Assonance The repetition of internal vowel sounds Ex - I Like Ike Simile Used to compare 2 things, uses the words "like" or "as" to make comparisons Ex - her hair shines LIKE the sun, Krissy is AS pretty AS a picture Figurative language Phrases that don't mean what they say, a writers tool, it helps the reader visualize (see) what the writer is thinking, it puts a picture in the readers mind Plagiarism Using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information Modal/ auxiliary verbs Providing supplementary or additional help and support Verb Phrase A group of related words that contains one or more helping verbs and a main verb Ex - Jim HAS BEEN WORKING on his science project Different ways to narrow your subject to a topic Focus on a particular aspect of your topic, link your broad topic with a key word Progressive 3 types: present, past, and future: Present - describes an ongoing action that is happening at the same time the statement is written Past - describes a past action which happened when another action occurred Futre - describes on ongoing or continuous action that will take place int he future Indirect Not directly caused by or resulting from something