ENGLISH 2 HONORS SEM 2

SWABI

• An acronym to remember Subordinating Conjunctions

• Can be found at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence

• Since When Although Because If

FANBOYS

• An acronym to remember Coordinating Conjuctions

• For And Nor But Or Yet So

Dashes

Help with emphasis in writing; can help replace parenthesis, commas, colons, or semicolons

Parenthetical Information - Dashes

Used in a sentence with information you might put in parentheses, helping put emphasis in between these types of dashes

Set Off Appositives That Contain Commsa - Dashes

Appositives are small sections of extra information which is inserted in a sentence for clarification, this type of dash replaces commas to help the reader

Emphasize a List at the Beginning of a Sentence - Dashes

List + Dash + Main Clause; replaces a colon when having a list at the beginning of your sentence

Emphasize Material at the End of a Sentence - Dashes

Adds drama and weight; dashes help differentiate tone in a pause or a shift

Mark Sharp Turns in Thought, Restatements, Aplifications - Dashes

Interruptions, corrections, emphasis, informal tone; dashes identify sudden break in sentence

Transitions

Helps any piece of writing achieve clarity, links and connects ideas together in writing

THAMOS

• Acronym to remember Conjunctive Adverbs

• Shows relationship between 2 complete thoughts

• Therefore However Also Meanwhile Otherwise

Showing support and Drawing Conclusions - Transitions

• Type of transition that demonstrates a connection between evidence and the way it supports author’s position

  • Examples: In other words, for one thing, as an illustration, for this reason, notably, including

Showing Cause and Effect - Transitions

• Type of transition in analytical/argumentative writing, proving one thing led to another

  • Examples: As long as, for the purpose of, since, while, with this in mind, in order to, seeing that

Showing Similarity or Opposition - Transitions

• Transitions that help show how one example or piece of evidence is similar to or different from another

  • Examples: In addition, not to mention, to say nothing or the fact, also, moreover, of course, likewise

Showing Order or Sequence - Transitions

• Transition that assists reader in understanding the order or sequence of events either within the text you are analyzing or within your own piece

  • Examples: At the present time, from time to time, at the same time, to begin with, as long as

Parallel Structure / Parallelism

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

  • word, phrase, clause

• Example: Mary likes hiking, biking, and swimming

Speaker

Voice narrating a poem

Stage Directions

• instructions in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting

• informs the reader or characters’ feelings and emotions

• Usually printed in italics to differentiate from actual spoken lines, these tell the actors or production team details about the set, blocking, etc.

Shift

change in direction, a noticeable turn, each poem has one or more of these

Imagery

descriptive, appearing to one or more of 5 senses, creates vivid mental pictures

Syntax

Arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences in poems

Diction

Word choice in a text

Rhyme

• True Rhyme: “minds” / “finds”

• Slant/Near Ryhme: “love” / “remove”

Alliteration

• When this repetition is of beginning sounds in neighboring words

  • Draws attention to a portion of the poem

Anaphora

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences or lines of poetry

  • Creates a rhythmic pattern that emphasizes a message or builds emotion

Cross-Text Connections

analytical reading skills used to compare, contrast, or synthesize ideas between two different texts on the same subject

Rhetorical Synthesis

the process of combining ideas, information, or evidence from multiple sources to create a single, unified argument or achieve a specific writing goal