Engliah Final (literary elements and grammar)

How do you know when to use a comma?

connects a full sentence (independent clause) to a partial sentence (dependent clause), or joins two full sentences with a FANBOYS word

How do you know when to use a semicolon?

Connects two full sentences (independent clauses) that are closely related without a conjunction.

How do you know when to use a colon?

Use a colon after a full sentence to introduce something (a list, an explanation, or a quote

Identify audience and purpose.

Audience: Who your communicating with

Purpose: Why your communicating

What’s parallel structure?

Same pattern for words and clauses

What are the plot elements?

Exposition (setup), rising action, climax (peak tension), falling action, and resolution/ denouement

What’s tone?

Narrators attitude throughout the subject

What’s symbolism?

Symbols are used to represent things

What’s a simile?

A figure of speech that compares one thing to another using like and as. (Ex. As brave as a lion) (somewhat)

What’s a metaphor?

Directly comparing two unlike things. (Ex. Love is a battlefield) (makes it)

What’s foreshadowing?

When an author drops hints about what is to come

What’s topic vs. theme?

Topic: General Subject

Theme: Underlying message or idea

What’s personification?

Human qualities or emotions being given to inanimate objects to describe them

What’s an allegory?

A story, poem, etc. that can reveal a hidden meaning

What’s situational irony?

Outcomes are opposite to expectation

Ex. A fire station on fire

What verbal irony?

Saying the opposite of what you mean (sarcasm)

What’s dramatic irony?

The audience knows something that the characters don’t

What’s direct vs. indirect characterization?

Direct: tells the reader what a character is like

Indirect: reveals traits through throughly characters behavior, thoughts, and interactions