ENGLISH 101- FINAL EXAM STUDY
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Rhetoric - ANSWERthe art of using persuasive language. This is accomplished through
the author's diction and sentence structure.
Grammar - ANSWERtells a writer how words should be used and sentences formed
Audience - ANSWERthe group for whom a work is intended
Purpose - ANSWERthe commitment on the part of authors to explain what they plan to
write about
Formal/Standard English - ANSWERthe English of educated speakers and writers
Informal English - ANSWERbased on the familiar grammatical patterns and
constructions of everyday speech
Technical English - ANSWERformal English that uses the vocabulary of a specialized
field
Voice - ANSWERthe presence or the sound of self chosen by an author
Diction - ANSWERthe choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing
Denotation - ANSWERthe specific and literal meaning of a word, as found in the
dictionary
Connotation - ANSWERthe implication or emotional overtones of a word rather than its
literal meaning
Point of View - ANSWERthe perspective from which a piece of writing is developed
Thesis Statement - ANSWERthe basic idea of an essay, usually stated in a single
sentence
Topic Sentence - ANSWERexpresses the paragraph's central idea
Causal Analysis - ANSWERa mode of developing an essay in which the writer's chief
aim is to analyze cause or predict effect
Contrast/Comparison - ANSWERa rhetorical mode used to develop essays that
systematically match two items for similarities and differences
GUIDE CORRECT 100%
Rhetoric - ANSWERthe art of using persuasive language. This is accomplished through
the author's diction and sentence structure.
Grammar - ANSWERtells a writer how words should be used and sentences formed
Audience - ANSWERthe group for whom a work is intended
Purpose - ANSWERthe commitment on the part of authors to explain what they plan to
write about
Formal/Standard English - ANSWERthe English of educated speakers and writers
Informal English - ANSWERbased on the familiar grammatical patterns and
constructions of everyday speech
Technical English - ANSWERformal English that uses the vocabulary of a specialized
field
Voice - ANSWERthe presence or the sound of self chosen by an author
Diction - ANSWERthe choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing
Denotation - ANSWERthe specific and literal meaning of a word, as found in the
dictionary
Connotation - ANSWERthe implication or emotional overtones of a word rather than its
literal meaning
Point of View - ANSWERthe perspective from which a piece of writing is developed
Thesis Statement - ANSWERthe basic idea of an essay, usually stated in a single
sentence
Topic Sentence - ANSWERexpresses the paragraph's central idea
Causal Analysis - ANSWERa mode of developing an essay in which the writer's chief
aim is to analyze cause or predict effect
Contrast/Comparison - ANSWERa rhetorical mode used to develop essays that
systematically match two items for similarities and differences
