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TSI TEST 1|61 Questions with Verified Answers Elements of Fiction - CORRECT ANSWER Plot and Structure Characterization Theme Setting Point of view Style Symbol, allegory, and fantasy Humor ... and irony Commercial fiction - CORRECT ANSWER Written and published primarily to make money Literacy fiction - CORRECT ANSWER Written with serious artistic intentions who hopes to broaden, deepen, and sharpen the readers awareness of life. - Focuses more on real world Signal words - CORRECT ANSWER Indicates that you are moving from one idea to another. - gives the reader clues about where the writer has been, and gives directions about where the writer is going Recognizing signal words - CORRECT ANSWER Contrast - although, however Additional information - also, and, another Explanation - because, the reason for Example - for example, for instance Enumeration - 1, 2, 3, next, then Conclusion - therefore, in summary Plot - CORRECT ANSWER Sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story. - The plot is not merely the action itself, but the way the author arranges the action towards a specific end (structure) Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER A clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills. Types: Person vs. person, person vs. environment, person vs. self Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER The central character in a conflict Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Any force arranged against the protagonist - persons, things, conventions of society, or the protagonists own personality trait Suspense - CORRECT ANSWER The quality in a story that makes readers ask "what's going to happen next?" Deus Ex Machina - CORRECT ANSWER Latin for God from a machine, the saving of the protagonist from an impossible situation Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER Something that makes more than it suggest on the surface Style - CORRECT ANSWER The manner in which an author uses words, constructs sentences, incorporates non-literal expressions, and handles rythm, timing, and tone. - When asked to describe, you are being asked to describe how or explain why the words, sentences, and imaginative comparisons are effective in the term of what is being created Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER Analyzing characterization is more difficult than describing plot; human nature is infinitely complex, variable and ambiguous. It is much easier to describe what a person has done instead of who a person is Types of characters - CORRECT ANSWER Flat - usually have one or two predominant traits. Character can be summed up in a few lines. Round - complex and many faceted, have the qualities of real people. Stock - a type of flat character, appears so often the reader recgonizes them right away Static - remains essentially the same throughout. Developing - undergoes a significant change during the story Theme principles - CORRECT ANSWER In the form of a statement with a subject and predicate, stated as a generalization about life, avoid terms like, every, all, and always, the central and unifying concept of a story, there is no way of stating the theme of a story, avoid statements that reduces the theme to a familiar saying that we have heard all our lives Theme - CORRECT ANSWER Exists only when the author has seriously attempted to record life accurately or to reveal some truth about it, or when the author has deliberately introduced as a unifying element some concept or theory of life that the story illuminates Irony - CORRECT ANSWER A humerous technique with a range of meanings that all involve some sort of discrepancy of incongruity Fantasy - CORRECT ANSWER A nonrealistic story that transcends the bounds of known reality Allegroy - CORRECT ANSWER A story that has a second meaning beneath the surface Verb - CORRECT ANSWER A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrance, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen Reading - CORRECT ANSWER The active skill of reading written or printed material silently or aloud Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER Ability to read and write Active voice - CORRECT ANSWER Use when you want to emphasize the person performing the action Passive voice - CORRECT ANSWER Use to emphasize the action itself, not the person performing it Citation - CORRECT ANSWER A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author especially in a scholary work Common ground - CORRECT ANSWER A point or argument accepted by both sides in a dispute. Ideas or interests shared by different people Effective argument to a specific audience - CORRECT ANSWER Subjectively convincing while objectively following the rules of logic by avoiding using fallacies (a mistaken belief, one based on unsound argument) to argue the point Present - CORRECT ANSWER Give something to someone formally or ceremonially. - A ver form in the present time Summarizing - CORRECT ANSWER Putting the main ideas into your own words, including the main point, attribute to the original source, significantly shorter than the original material and take a broad overview of the source material Paraphrasing - CORRECT ANSWER Putting material into your own words, must attribute to the original source, usually shorter than original material Quotations - CORRECT ANSWER Must be identical to the original, must match the source word for word and must attribute to the original author Different types of patterns of organization - CORRECT ANSWER Explanation, example, compare and contrast, cause and effect, definition, enumeration Patterns of organization - CORRECT ANSWER A way that a writer organizes their thoughts to effectively communicate, a patter that a reader looks for to help identify the writers perspective and purpose usually by determining what kind of details they are given, or how they have arranged their ideas Personal narrative main points - CORRECT ANSWER Am interesting story about the writer written in first person (I, me, and my), has a beginning, middle, and end, presents events in clear order, uses details to help readers see people, places, and events, shows how the writer feel about the experience and why it's meaningful Purpose of figurative language - CORRECT ANSWER Enhances fiction, explanes more about what is happening, describes people and actions, add emphasis Onomatopoeia - CORRECT ANSWER Words that are sounds - MOOO, SWISH, ZOOOM Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER Used to compare 2 things, instead of saying something is "like" or "as", it just sates that it IS! ex - John's mind is a computer, My mom is a workhorse Personification - CORRECT ANSWER To compare something that is NOT human as if it has human traits. Ex - The flowers danced in the wind, the friendly gates welcomed us Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER Repetition of the first consonant Ex - Stan the Strong Surfer Saved Several Swimmers on Saturday Assonance - CORRECT ANSWER The repetition of internal vowel sounds Ex - I Like Ike Simile - CORRECT ANSWER Used to compare 2 things, uses the words "like" or "as" to make comparisons Ex - her hair shines LIKE the sun, Krissy is AS pretty AS a picture Figurative language - CORRECT ANSWER Phrases that don't mean what they say, a writers tool, it helps the reader visualize (see) what the writer is thinking, it puts a picture in the readers mind Plagiarism - CORRECT ANSWER Using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information Modal/ auxiliary verbs - CORRECT ANSWER Providing supplementary or additional help and support Verb Phrase - CORRECT ANSWER A group of related words that contains one or more helping verbs and a main verb Ex - Jim HAS BEEN WORKING on his science project Different ways to narrow your subject to a topic - CORRECT ANSWER Focus on a particular aspect of your topic, link your broad topic with a key word Progressive - CORRECT ANSWER 3 types: present, past, and future: Present - describes an ongoing action that is happening at the same time the statement is written Past - describes a past action which happened when another action occurred Futre - describes on ongoing or continuous action that will take place int he future Indirect - CORRECT ANSWER Not directly caused by or resulting from something Credibility - CORRECT ANSWER The quality of being trusted and believed in Present perfect tense - CORRECT ANSWER Describes an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues Writing process - CORRECT ANSWER Preview - gather information and forms a thesis Arrangement - organizes material Drafting and revision - the essay is written and then rewritten Editing - correcting spelling errors, punctuation, and grammar Topic sentence - CORRECT ANSWER A sentence stating the main idea of the paragraph, often opens the paragraph Past - CORRECT ANSWER A verb tense used to express an action or a condition that occurred in or during the past Verb Tense - CORRECT ANSWER Having all your verb tenses accurate and consistent Thesis statement - CORRECT ANSWER More than a title, an announcement of your intent, or a statement of fact. Ex - in "A Hanging," George Orwell shows that capital punishment is not only brutal but also immoral Paraphrase - CORRECT ANSWER Using another persons words in one's own words, it follows the order and emphasis of the original Transition - CORRECT ANSWER Words or expressions that show chronological sequence, cause and effect, time, comparison, contrast, examples, and conclusions Social writing - CORRECT ANSWER Instant feedback, informal, less thought about response and analysis Ex - facebook, texting Academic writing - CORRECT ANSWER Why are you writing, who are you writing for, what were you asked to write, did you follow directions Ex - class, e-mail to the Boss Direct - CORRECT ANSWER Extending or moving from one place to another by the shortest way without changing direction or stopping, being clear and concise, use specific examples, use transitions [Show More]

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