ENGLISH I HONORS FINAL EXAM - 2025

Flashcards for the ENGLISH I HONORS FINAL EXAM - 2025

Connotation

The feeling a word implies beyond its actual meaning.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing, which can convey tone and style.

Syntax

The type of sentence structure which is used by the author. Can imply certain emotions in a text and can affect the flow and meaning of the writing.

Tone

The attitude the author creates in the writing can reveal how the author wants the reader to feel.

Ethos

Credibility

Pathos

Emotion

Logos

Facts & Logic

Claims

A debatable sentence that presents the author’s position in an argument.

Counterarguments

Acknowledges the other side of the argument, but disputes their claim and proves the author’s point right.

Bias

A writer’s preference for one side of an issue or prejudice against the other side of the issue

Ad Hominem

Attacks the opponent themselves rather than their beliefs

Bandwagon Appeal

The author assumes something is right because that’s what everyone else believes

Either-Or-Fallacy

The author basically implies that you either see an issue one way, or something bad happens.

Hasty Generalization

Something is concluded without enough evidence

Slippery Slope

Relies on fear; If X happens, Y will happen as a result

Figurative Language

Language that uses figures of speech to express ideas

Similies

Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

Metaphors

Compares two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”

Personification

Giving human traits to inanimate objects

Allusion

A reference to something well-known that the author expects the reader to know.

Parallel Structure

Repeated portions of a sentence that occur over and over; creates rhythm

Rhetorical Questions

The author asks the reader a question that isn’t supposed to be answered, but it’s supposed to make the reader think.

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.

Characterization

Shows a character’s personality and traits

Direct characterization

The author directly describes the character

Indirect characterization

The author implies the thoughts through the character’s actions

Plot

Sequence of events in the story

Conflict

The main struggle that drives the story forward

Types:

• Person vs Person

• Person vs Self

• Person vs Society

• Person vs Nature

Exposition

Introducing everything

Rising action

Builds tension and develops the conflict

Climax

Turning point

Failing Action

The problem starts to get resolved

Resolution

The story begins to finish up

Setting

The place where the story takes place

Symbolism

When an object, character, or event is used to represent something deeper than its actual meaning

Point of View

The perspective the story is told from

Third person limited

Understands one character’s thoughts and feelings

Third person omniscient

Knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters

Third person objective

Understands actions and dialogue, but not thoughts.

Logical Fallacies

Deliberate or Unintentional gaps in an author’s logic

Stylistic Element

Diction, Syntax, Imagery, Figurative Language

Literary Elements

Characterization, Plot and Conflict, Setting, Symbolism, Point of View

First Person POV

A character in the story is a narrator

Second Person

Narrator addresses the reader directly with “you”