e3h final s2

/ rhetorical question

/ a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

/ 4 types of pov

/ first person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient

/ connotation

/ the meanings, associations, or emotions a word entails

/ simile

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/ metaphor

/ comparing two things w out like or as

/ personification

an object or animal is given human feelings, emotions, or descriptions

/ proper MLA heading

/ name, teacher, class, date (military style)

/ proper parenthetical citation

/ book: (last name of author page #)

poem: (last name of author line #)

internet: (last name of author)

/ proper works cited entry (book)

/ author's last name, first name. *title of book*. publishing company, newest copyright year

proper works cited entry (textbook)

/ author's last name, first name. "literature title." *textbook collection or title*, edited by \[editor name\], publisher name, copyright year, page range of literature

/ proper works cited entry (internet source)

/ author's last name, first name. "poem title or web page title." *website name*, institution-organization-publisher name, day month year web page published, full url. day month year page accessed.

/ works cited page formatting

/ "works cited" capitalized and centered, entries should be alphabetical, hanging indent required for each entry

/ approx date of latin american literature era

/ 1950-present

/ inference

/ interpretation or logical guess based on context of the story

/ speaker

/ the narrator of a story or poem

/ allusion

/ indirect reference to another work of literature, person, or event

/ ethos

/ appeal to credibility and ethics to develop argument

/ characterization

/ the way a character's personality and defining traits are presented in the story

/ hyperbole

/ an exaggeration or overstatement

/ parallelism

/ phrases or sentences that are constructed similarly in the same sentence

/ symbolism

/ the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

/ apostrophe

/ address to an absent or imaginary person

/ Questions authority/status quo; rejects traditional themes, embraces change, believes God absent

/ modern era: prose

/ Uses ghetto speech and the rhythms of Jazz and Blues in the poetry of the era

/ harlem renaissance

/ Emphasizes and values cultural diversity but also uses themes from the past fearlessly

/ contemporary era

/ Stresses the dress, dialects, customs, and attitudes of specific areas of the US

/ local color

/ Nonfiction becomes the equal of fiction with the two often confusingly intertwined

/ contemporary era

/ Dwells on negative themes; focuses on underside of life (social problems/injustices)

/ realism + naturalism

/ Narrators are emotional, relating intensely personal details and connections

/ contemporary era

/ Magical realism is heavily present in first wave of writers, but rebelled against by next generation

/ latin american literature

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/ Slave spirituals are the only new form of literature from this era

/ realism + naturalism

/ Ends emulation of white writers but looks to white society for acceptance

/ harlem renaissance

/ Questions the American dream; aims at the educated elite, focuses on urban settings

/ modern era: prose

/ Profoundly changed by European colonization and Catholicism of Spain

/ latin american literature

/ Characters are often damaged, disturbed, delusional grotesques

/ southern gothic literature

/ After "Great Migration", NY becomes unofficial capital and cultural center of movement

/ harlem renaissance

/ Includes diverse cultures, traditions, languages, and nationalities of central/south America

/ latin american literature

/ Objectivity / Ambiguity / Facts / Pessimism / Journals & Memoirs

/ realism + naturalism

/ Focuses on loss of individualism but also (paradoxically) on how individuals are part of a larger society

/ contemporary era

/ Writers of this era use harsh humor to criticize Antebellum (pre-Civil War) beliefs and traditions and expose conflicts and breakdowns in communication in society

/ southern gothic

/ Often unrealistic and overly-sentimental in depiction of characters and unique societal details

/ local color

/ Allows for multiple interpretations, structured non-traditionally, and comments on itself

/ contemporary era

/ Believes humans are powerless and victims of destiny/fate (i.e. Of Mice and Men)

/ realism + naturalism

/ 1st time African-American culture are taken seriously; ends with the Great Depression

/ harlem renaissance

/ Influenced by the emerging fields of biology, psychology, and sociology; uses insight and science to dissect human behaviors and motivations

/ realism + naturalism

/ Focuses on cultural pride, opposition to racism, rejection of stereotypes, and brotherhood

/ harlem renaissance

/ Humor (dark comedy) is found in the unavoidable ironies of life; the rise of the anti-hero

/ contemporary era

/ Motifs include family loyalty, poverty, gender roles, immigration, social inequality and exploitation

/ latin american literature

/ Gertrude Stein called them a "Lost Generation;" many were expatriates living in Europe

/ modern era: prose

/ Few notable authors saw the war of this era because young writers were out of country

/ realism + naturalism

/ Depicts life as accurately as possible, even though society often found such writing offensive

/ realism + naturalism

/ Led by William Dean Howells, editor of Atlantic Monthly; includes aesthetic ____ism & social ___ism

/ realism + naturalism

/ "Black Keats," "Bard of Harlem," and "Poet of the Rebellion" represent this era

/ harlem renaissance

/ Age of cynicism & alienation; a movement in art, music, and theater as well as literature

/ modern era: prose

/ Imagist, symbolist, and minimalist poetry, uses free verse but poems can be riddle-like; Midwest poets continued to be traditional but offered unique insights

/ modern era: poetry

/ Involves outsiders who violate social norms, have great potential to cause harm or commit violent acts

/ southern gothic

/ t/f: google docs automatic settings might lie; that is not a 1" margin (measure it yourself and work it out)

true

/ t/f: page numbers begin on the essay's second page and include your last name and the page number

/ false (page numbers begin on the first page)

/ t/f: smaller works are identified with quotes (poems-excerpts), larger works are in italics (plays-books)

true

/ t/f: underlining an essay's thesis is an expectation of academic writing at any level (even college)

/ false (underlining thesis statements is only a checklist requirement for e3h)

/ t/f: questions (?) and exclamations (!) are informal and should be avoided in formal academic writing

true

/ t/f: thesis statements should not specifically answer the question so as to later surprise the reader

/ false (thesis statements must be concise and answer the prompt/question clearly)

/ t/f: speaking for all readers is impossible, so confine your writing to how you alone reacted to the literature

true

/ t/f: a works cited page has page #s, "Works Cited" in all caps, ABC entries, 2nd entry lines indented

/ false (works cited is capitalized, not in all caps)

/ t/f: stand-alone quotes are ineffective, failing to integrate your ideas with the author's, and easily ignored

true

/ t/f: opening or closing a paragraph with a quotation is a solid way to convey major points

/ false (never have a quote open or close a paragraph)

/ t/f: the main idea of a body paragraph (topic sentence) should be the first sentence of the paragraph, but the main idea of an essay (thesis statement) should be the last sentence of the intro paragraph

true

/ t/f: calendar dates should always be written out in military style (i.e. five May nineteen ninety-nine)

/ false (dates have to be written with numbers for the day and year, not spelled out)

/ t/f: parenthetical citation includes the first word of a works cited entry and could include a page#/line#/no# at the end of a sentence (no matter where the quote occurs in that sentence).

true

/ t/f: double space essays but always skip an extra line between titles, sections, and paragraphs

/ false (never skip lines in an essay)

/ t/f: present tense verbs are used when writing about literature because every time literature is read or written about, it is considered to be new or alive in that moment (no matter how old the writing is)

true

/ t/f: an mla heading includes your name, teacher's name, assignment's name, and military style date

/ false (instead of assignment's name, you're supposed to put the name of the class)

/ t/f: use specifics from the text (dates, place/character names, setting details, indicators of relationships)

true

/ t/f: 1st person pov is just another type of wordiness; however, 2nd Person POV puts the reader in the positive and emotionally convincing position of being the focus of the academic essay

/ false (don't use 1st or 2nd pov; always use third and keep it formal)

/US fiction is no longer bragging and youthful in a time of overwhelming change (social & historical)

/ modern era: prose

/ Disillusionment / Experimentation / Diversity / Detachment / Fallible-Doomed Heroes

/ modern era: prose

/ Roots in myths and legend; began as oral tradition (passed down by word of mouth)

/ latin american literature

/ Proves art excludes no one; the revolutionary root of modern African-American writing

/ harlem renaissance

/ t/f: a single ¶ includes an introduction sentence, body support sentences, and a conclusion sentence; a full essay includes an introduction ¶, body support ¶s, and a conclusion ¶...structurally the same

true

/ t/f: metadiscourse is writing about what you are writing or about your writing process (i.e. "as shown by the previous quotes and arguments..."), and it is usually seen as a strong indicator of mature writing

/ false (metadiscourse indicates weak writing)

/ t/f: When quoting poetry, use slashes (/) to indicate line breaks and use line #s for in-text citation

true

/ t/f: As long as your essay is well-written, going under or over the required page count/word count is fine

/ false (always follow the page count and word count when given)

/ t/f: Repeated phrases like "in the poem...during the story...at excerpt's end" are useless wordiness

true

/ t/f: turnitin.com only checks for plagiarism between any papers ever submitted to mennenoh’s class

/ false (turnitin will check for plagiarism for all papers ever submitted to the website--including papers from the past or in other classes)

/ t/f: Citation Machine and EasyBib will almost certainly provide you with an incorrect Works Cited entry

true

/ suffrage

/ the right to vote in political elections

/ faction

/ a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

/ liberal

/ political philosophy that is open-minded and promotes individual rights, democracy, and free enterprise

/ boycott

/ refusal to buy or use or follow certain goods, services, or policies

/ alien

/ a citizen of another country; foreign, strange

/ conflict

/ a problem between two characters or a character versus society, an object, technology, etc

/ memoir

/ an account of the author's personal experiences

/ dialect

/ particular way of speaking in a certain region or among a specific group of people

/ theme

/ a universal idea established in that story (typically a full sentence about a subject and not a cliche)

/ paradox

/ a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

/ imagery

/ descriptive language that appeals to senses

/ motif

/ recurring object, idea, etc. that applies to the theme

/ pathos

/ appeal to emotion to develop arguement

/ logos

/ appeal to logic and reason to develop argument

/ kairos

/ building up a sense of urgency to develop an argument