FTCE Exam Test 2..docx

FTCE Exam Test 2.
Allegory - ANS >> A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning (Biblical stories)
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Alliteration - ANS >> A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words closely
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connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of letters, rather than the
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spelling of words.
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Allusion - ANS >> A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that because I'm not
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superman.
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Foreshadowing - ANS >> Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate future events in the
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Nplot.

Hyperbole - ANS >> An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration for dramatic
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effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story, comic stories.
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Metaphor - ANS >> Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are the windows of
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the soul.
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Onomotopeia - ANS >> Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz, Pop
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Oxymoron - ANS >> A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
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Personification - ANS >> Another figure of speech which attributes "Human Qualities" to an
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inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared depressed.
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Simile - ANS >> Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney. *Pretty as a picture.
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N*Light as a feather.
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Tone - ANS >> Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the author.
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Figurative languange - ANS >> A form of language use in which the writers and speakers mean
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Nsomething other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures of speech that are particularly
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Nimportant for poetry are simile and metaphor)
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Imagery - ANS >> Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or idea that triggers
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Nour imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images may be visual (something seen) Aural
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N(something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * Language that
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Nappeals to the senses. N N N




Rhyme - ANS >> The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most
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often at the ends of lines.
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,Stanza - ANS >> grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set pattern of meter and
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Nrhyme.

Rhythm - ANS >> Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most
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often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function of sound rather than spelling; thus
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words that end with they same vowel sound. *day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily on
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rhythm to express meaning and convey feeling.)
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Cliches - ANS >> Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They are used in
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developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
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Anaphora - ANS >> refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are repeated at the
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beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
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Climax - ANS >> Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak, usually with a
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resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between the protagonist and
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antagonist.)
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Dialect geography - ANS >> the study of speech differences from one geographical area to another.
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Dialect mixture - ANS >> the presence in one form of speech with elements from different
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neighboring dialects.
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Dictation - ANS >> the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal, colloquial, and slang.
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Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the audience.
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Discourse - ANS >> any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus a novel, short
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story, essay, speech or interview.
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Style - ANS >> a particular manner of using language to narrate a story, develop a dramatic mood, or
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Nevoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of literary history or to an individual writer.
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Email/Electronic communication - ANS >> Very common among people and business for
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communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
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Effective way of writing an email. - ANS >> 1. The subject should be meaningful and concise. Clear to
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the reader.
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2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
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3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
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4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
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5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
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6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
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, 7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
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Plot - ANS >> the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the
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writer as an interrelated sequence.
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Elements of Literature - ANS >> 1. Exposition
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2. Foreshadowing
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3. Inciting Force/triggers
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4. Conflict
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5. Rising Action
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6. Crisis
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7. Climax
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8. Falling action
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9. Resolution
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Exposition - ANS >> The introductory material which give the setting, creates the tone, presents the
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characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
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Inciting Force/triggers - ANS >> The event of character that triggers the conflict.
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Conflict - ANS >> The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter them as (Man
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versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
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Rising Action - ANS >> A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting
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force and ends with the climax.
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Crisis - ANS >> The conflict reaches and a turning point. A this point the opposing forces in the story
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meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs before or at the same time as the
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climax.
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Falling Action - ANS >> The events after the climax which close the story.
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Resolution - ANS >> Round out and concludes the action.
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Writing Process - ANS >> 1. Pre-Writing
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2. Drafting
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3. Revising
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4. Editing
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