English Nonfiction – Flashcards
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caucasian mummies mystify chinese summary
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china influences and has been influenced by other civilizations throughout history
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silent spring summary & theme
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starts beautiful but then everything gets destroyed; take care of our environment
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single room, earth view summary & theme
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an astronaut telling what the earth looks like from space; you have to be somewhere to truly appreciate it
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anaphora
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a rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences
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analogy
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one thing works like another; extended comparison
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libraries face sad chapter summary & theme
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refers to his childhood; there is a call to action (donate money); addresses opposite view; the theme is to save libraries
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ethos
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appeal based on credibility
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logos
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appeal based on logic
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pathos
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appeal based on emotion
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kairos
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appeal based on urgency
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persuasion
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the art of trying to convince an audience
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rhetoric
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art of persuasion
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go deep to the sewer summary & theme
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tells about the games he played as a child; spaldeen: small pink bouncy ball; most important thing in childhood is play
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the talk summary & theme
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narrator makes fun of himself and his friend; spies on a girl; the theme is about their future; the girl is a symbol for their hopes and dreams
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memoir
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a type of autobiography that covers a short period of time in it
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diction
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a writer's or speaker's choice of words
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expository
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a kind of writing that explains a subject or provides information
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persuasive
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a kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions and/or thoughts
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descriptive
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a type of writing that typically describes a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader has a vivid impression
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narrative
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writing that tells a story
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descriptive
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silent spring type
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descriptive
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single room, earth view type
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expository
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caucasian mummies mystify chinese type
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expository
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understanding comics type
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persuasive
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i have a dream type
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persuasive
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libraries face sad chapter type
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narrative
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go deep to the sewer type
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narrative
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the talk type
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narrative
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the washwoman type
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idea of transfer
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connects ideas
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nonfiction
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writing that tells about real people, places, and events
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prose
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any material that is not written in a regular meter like poetry; sentences and paragraphs
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allusion
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a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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imagery
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description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
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genre
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a category of literature
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mood
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how the reader feels about the text while reading
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tone
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a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter
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figurative language
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a form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words
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literal language
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a form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote
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simile
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a comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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a comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared
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theme
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the central idea of a work of literature
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autobiography
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an account of the writer's own life
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biography
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a story about a person's life written by another person
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first person narrator
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a narrator who is a character in the story and tells the story from his or her point of view
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third person narrator
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a narrator outside of the action who tells the story from the he/she vantage point
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speech
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a talk or public address. the purpose of this may be to entertain, explain, persuade, or inspire.
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appositive
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a noun or pronoun that explains or identifies another noun or pronoun
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appositive phrase
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a group of words that stands next to a noun or pronoun and renames or adds information or details to it
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participle
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a verb that acts as an adjective
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participle phrase
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a phrase containing a participle and any modifiers or complements
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adjectives out of order
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placing adjectives in a different order to add effect
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author understanding comics
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scott mccloud
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understanding comics
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visual essay
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essay
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A brief examination of a subject in prose, usually expressing a personal or limited view of the topic.
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syntax
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Rules for forming sentences in a particular language.
