English Semester 1 Exam

An anecdote is:

• A short personal story often used as a persuasive device.

• A type of logical fallacy that attacks a person instead of the argument at hand.

• A specific rhyming pattern used in narrative poetry.

• Used in Slippery Slope logical fallacies.

The act of talking while / as if the character is alone.

• Symbol

• Soliloquy

• Allusion

• Claim

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" is an example of what type of rhyme?

• Because a word inside the line rhymes with another word in the line, it is an internal rhyme.

• Because a word inside the line rhymes with another word in the line, it is an eye rhyme.

• Because of the rhythmic pattern, it is a lyric rhyme.

• Because the middle and ending words end in a vowel sound, it is an internal rhyme.

A literary genre that reveals the plot through elements such as character dialogue and stage directions:

• Drama

• Informational Nonfiction

• Literary Nonfiction

• Poetry

Select BOTH rhetorical question examples: (Questions that do not require an answer - meant to create an impact and not necessarily to derive an answer)

• Don't you think she looks pretty?

• What would I do without you?

• What's your name?

• Who would say no to a million dollars?

Literary term to describe when speakers or writers alter their style or tone in a piece, often accompanied by a shift in focus:

• Soliloquy

• Tone

• Rhetorical shift

• Monologue

A character foil is:

• A tragic character flaw, often leading to their downfall.

• A character's greatest enemy.

• A literary element that serves as contrast to the main character. The contrast serves to highlight the traits of the main character.

• A character who exists in a dystopian setting, intended to fulfill the sidekick archetype.

Organizational text structure used to show results and also to show reasons. “What are/were the results of this?” “Why does /did this happen?”

• Parallel

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Chronological

An imperfect rhyme. Rhymes using similar but not perfect rhyme patterns. Examples: HAT and BAD HOT and MAT

• Eye rhyme

• Internal rhyme

• Slant rhyme

• Rhyme rhyme

Faulty reasoning used to support a claim in an argument

• Rebuttal

• Connotative meaning

• Logical fallacies

• Diction