AICE ENG LANG MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

What is an autobiography/memoir?

a self-written account of a person life, told from their own perspective.

What are the Feature of an Autobiographies/Memoirs?

• A description of an important past event in the authors life

• Based on what the author recalls (not necessarily the facts of the event)

• Reflects only the authors thoughts and feelings on the topic

• emotional tone

What is the structure of an autobiography/memoir?

• sequential order

• multiple paragraphs

• First-person pov

• consultative register

• includes a theme or message about life for the audience

• usually has a title

• included dialogue

What are diaries/journals purpose/ what is it?

• diaries capture the intimate thoughts, experiences, and reflections of an individual

• They are honest, emotional, introspective, intimate and a reflective look into someone’s life.

What are the features of Diaries/journals?

• Written in 1st person

• The author may refer to the diary as if talking to a friend, but DO NOT write “Dear Diary”

• implied knowledge of people, places, and situations in the writers life

• May be no intended audience

What is the structure of diaries/journals

• Time markers: Day/Date/Time

• Retrospective: Chronological structure provides a timeline of the authors experiences. May include flashbacks

• Typically contains multiple paragraphs, especially if numerous topics are being written about

• Ideas may contain unstructured thoughts and reflections: jump all over the place.

What language is used in diaries/journals?

• The author has a unique, specific voice. The diary sound like them

• Vocab depends on the voice of the writer

• The tone should reflect the personality and outlook of the writer. Step into the characters mind and then capture what they would be like writing in there diary

• Focus on the mundane and ordinary. Include vivid details and descriptions

• informal register

How to write diaries/journals?

1. Always write in first-person

2. Know your elements of form

• Start by writing the day and date on the left-hand corner of the paper

• show clear separation between paragraphs

• Start each paragraph with a clear topic

3. Be selective and expressive in your writing

• express your emotions and thoughts Cleary with appropriate vocab and words. include details and descriptions.

4. Be carful with grammar and tenses

5. Be sure to explain the main plot of your journal

• Make sure your tone supports your main points by using strong vocab words

6. Keep word count

7. Include a conclusion or next course of action

What is a blog?

What is the purpose of descriptive writing?

• Create a vivd and detailed mental image of a person, place, object or event in the readers mind

• Its primary purpose is to “show, not tell” the reader about the subject, immersing them in the experience and evoking specific emotions or a particular atmosphere

• use language to zoom in and out and pan left and right like a camera

• draw on a range of sensory experiences, such as taste, sight, sound, touch and smell (imagery)

What is the structure of descriptive writing?

• convey different elements of the description

• include figurative language and sound effects

• multiple paragraphs

• Does NOT tell a story

What is register?

The particular language and grammar usage appropriate to a group of people, role, or situation

What is Frozen register?

• Language that never changes

• Ex: wedding vows, Miranda Right

What is Formal Register?

• Standard English- Grammatically correct

• Ex: speeches, court, proceedings, school lessons

What is Consultative Register?

• Less formal standard English

• Ex: newscast/newspaper, magazines, employee to Employer

What is Casual Register?

• Language between friends

• Ex: Vernacular speech, Colloquialisms, Jargon, Slang

What is intimate/personal register?

• Language between family and close friends

• Ex: pet names, inside jokes, terms of endearment

What are nouns?

• Words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

What is a common noun

• names any person, place, thing or idea

• Ex: Planet, state, president

What are proper nouns?

• Names a specific person, place, thing or idea

• always begin with capital letters.

• Ex: Venus, Idaho, Thomas Jefferson

What are Concrete noun?

• A thing that you can see, hear, smell, touch, or taste

• Ex: cat, moon, banana, money, flower, book

What are Abstract nouns?

• Names an idea, a quality, a felling, or a characteristic

• Ex: freedom. strength, love, anxiety, intelligence

What is a Collective noun?

• a word that names a group of people or things

• Ex: Audience, band, class, club, crowd, family, team

What is a Compound noun?

• consists of two or more words

• Ex: sunflower, laptop, honeybee, polar bear, New York, high school, great-aunt, one-fourth, sister-in-law

What are Pronouns?

• A word that takes the place of a noun

What are Personal pronouns?

• refer to the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the one spoken about.

• I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, you, your, he, him, his, she, her

• Ex: We gave the box to him, and he opened it.

What is a Possessive pronouns?

• show ownership or possession

• Hers, his, its, mine, my, our, their, your

• Ex: His letter came, but mine has not.

What is indefinite Pronouns?

• Express an amount or refer to an unspecified person or thing.

• all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either

• Ex: Neither of the guest had any of the food.

What is Demonstrative pronouns?

• Point out a specific person, place, thing, or idea

• this, that, these, those

• Ex: This is a funny card, but that is even funnier.

What is Interrogative pronoun?

• begins a question

• who, whose, what, whom, which

• Who are you, and what are you doing?

What is a reflexive pronoun?

• indicates that the subject and object of a sentence are the same person or thing.

• myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

• Ex: He did not consider himself late.

What is a intensive pronoun?

• Emphasize a noun or another pronoun in the same sentence

• myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

• I myself love chocolate ice cream

What are verbs?

• Words that express an action or a state of being

What is an action verb?

• shows an action you can see, some express actions that cannot be seen

• speak, run, drive, think, trust, recognize, remember

• Ex: she lifted the box , we value your judgement

What are linking verbs?

• do not express action.They join the subject with a subject complement. A word that identifies or described the subject

• be, were, is, are, was

• Ex: The quarterback was tired

• was= linking verb

• tired= subject complement

What are adverbs?

• a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

• How, when, where, to what extent?

What are adjectives?

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun

• What kind?, Which one, How many

• Ex: red paint, this room, five feet

What are Prepositions?

• A word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence.

• by, like, over, but, across, between, to

• We flew over the city, We flew toward the city, We flew beyond the city

What are conjunctions?

• A word used to join words or groups of words

What are Coordinating Conjunctions?

• conjunctions that join equal parts of a sentence

• and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet

• Ex: Yesterday we went to a movie and played. Did you see the western or the comedy?

What are correlative conjunctions?

• Conjunctions that are used in pairs

• Both…and, neither…nor, whether…or, either..or, not only…but also

• Ex: Neither my mother nor my father would reveal the secret.

What is audience?

• The single person or group of people for whom the piece was written. The audience can be determined to some extent by looking at the form and language of the piece.

What is context?

• The situation or background to a text or its author

1. Social context: all about society and what you need to know about your society in any situation

2. Historical context: all about what was unique or specific about a certain time in history. Can include cultural and social context that are in the past.

3. Cultural context: all about understanding cultural expectations and norms. Specific to a cultures or subcultures values.

4. Economic context: describe what you need to know about the economics of a situation.

What is purpose?

• The reason why a text has been written and what the writer is seeking to achieve

• 5 buckets:

1. Personal Writing

2. Writing to Review and Comment

3. Writing to Persuade and Advise

4. Writing to Argue and Discuss

5. Writing to Narrate and Describe

What is Tone?

• The stylistic means by which an author conveys their attitudes in a text

• The tone of a text is always described using an adjective

What is mood?

• The way that someone feels about the content that they are reading

• Can be defined specifically as a temporary state of mind or feeling.

What is connotation?

• Emotion or human reaction to a word

• Sometimes the connotation of a word will change due to the way it’s presented, the perspective, or the context.

• Everyones reaction to a word may be different since we’ve each had different life experiences which affect how we interact with a word

What is denotation?

• Dictionary definition

What is a TAP chart?

• Text

• Audience

• Purpose