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Grammar/Writing

Question:

Describe Parallel Structure


Answer:

Parrallel Structure is using the same pattern of words to show two/more ideas have the same level of importance. this can happen at the word/phrase/clause level. The usual way to join parrallel structure is with coordinating conjunctions-and/or.
 



Question:

Although an error in English, this used to join two independent clauses.


Answer:

Comma Splice



Question:

Describe Passive Voice


Answer:

Passive Voice is a grammatical construction. The noun/noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence. (The order of the words are switched.)



Question:

How do you write in third person?


Answer:

In 3rd person PofV, the author does not refer to himself/herself, suggesting objectivity in regard to the topic.



Question:

What does Simplistic mean?


Answer:

Simplistic carries a negative connotation, implying a simple-minded or insufficiently complex approach to an issue.



Grammar/Writing

Question:

The conventional Renaissance/Petrarchan Sonnet writer glorified what type of woman?


Answer:

Fair-skinned woman w/red lips/sparkling eyes/white breasts/golden hair.



Question:

This genre of narrative most often employed in novels/plays/poems/films focuses on the experiences of characters in a situation where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life. What are some common characteristics?


Answer:

Absurdist Fiction-satire/dark humor/incongruity/the abasement of reason/controversy regarding the philosophical condition of being "nothing."



Question:

What type of fiction makes use of the grotesque/violent/mysterious/supernatural?


Answer:

Gothic



Question:

What is Iambic Pentameter?


Answer:

Iambic Pentameter is the most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line 10 syllables long that is accented on every 2nd beat.



Question:

What is the rhyme scheme of a Sonnet?


Answer:

The Shakespearean Sonnet has the rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, forming three quatrains (4 lines in a group) and a closing couplet/two rhyming lines. The problem is usually developed in the first 3 quatrains, each quatrain w/a new idea growing out of the previous one.



Grammar/Writing

Question:

Describe Neoclassicism


Answer:

Neoclassicism=Western Movements in the deorative/visual arts/literature/theater/music/and architecture that draws inspiration from "classical" art/culture of Ancient Greece/Ancient Rome. The main Neoclassical Movement coincided with the Age of Enlightenment competing w/Romanticism.



Question:

Describe Transcendentalism


Answer:

Transcendentalism is a religious/philosophical movement that developed during the late 1820's/30's in the Eastern Region of the US as a protest against the general state of spirituality mainly the state of intellectuallism at Harvard/Doctrine of the Unitarian Church.



Question:

Describe Semantic Feature Analysis


Answer:

A Semantic Feature Analysis strategy uses a grid to help kids explore how sets of things are related to one another. By completing/analyzing the grid, students are able to see connections/make predictions/master important concepts. Enhances comprehension/vocab.



Question:

The anthem by Ayn Rand focuses primarily on the concept of what?


Answer:

Individualism vs Collectivism



Question:

When was the Harlem Renaissance?


Answer:

1920's



Grammar/Writing

Question:

Describe Limericks


Answer:

They are typically 2 lines of Iambic Trimeter/2 lines of Iambic Dimeter/1 line of Iambic trimeter/usually humorous and/or bawdy.



Question:

Describe Pastoral Poems


Answer:

Pastoral Poems idealize nature/country living.



Question:

Describe Odes


Answer:

Odes evolved from early poems w/music/dance to Romantic poems expressing  strong feelings/contemplative thoughts.



Question:

Describe Epigrams


Answer:

Epigrams are memorable one/two line rhymes.



Question:

What ar Elegies?


Answer:

Elegies are mourning poems traditionally w/three parts: 1. a lament 2. praise of the deceased 3. solace for loss.



Grammar/Writing

Question:

What is prose?


Answer:

Prose are complete sentences connected into paragraphs.



Question:

What is poetry w/neither rhyme nor meter called?


Answer:

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter/Free Verse/Blank Verse



Question:

What is a Rhetorical Device (example)?


Answer:

Rhetorical Device uses repetition to create emphasis w/out changing word meanings. ie-I am never ever going to rob anyone for you and never, never ever give in to your sinful wish.



Question:

Wha is a Figure of Speech?


Answer:

Figures of Speech change the meaning of words.



Question:

Describe discourse


Answer:

Discourse is a formal way of thinking expressed through language/communication.