English Unit 6

Pertaining to a sense of beauty

Aestetic

Likeness or resemblance

Affinity

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together; often used in poetry is:

Alliteration

A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event, literary work, or work of art is:

Allusion

Having no definite shape

Amorphous

The comparison of two things that are alike in some way: includes metaphor and simile is:

Analogy

An essay that examines and evaluates a topic or work is:

Analytical Essay

A story or account of a personal experience that illustrates the central idea is:

Anecdote or Personal Experience

Writing that attempts to convince a reader to think or act a certain way using evidence and reasons. Ex: political speeches, argumentative essays, editorials This is:

Argumentative/Persuasive

Short works that express facts about a topic; can include an author´s bias (personal opinion or prejudice) is:

Articles (a form of nonfiction)

A statement about life or human being behavior presented as fact but not proven true is:

Assertion or Commonly Held Belief

To make less severe; to relieve

Assuage

Severe

Austere

Works that tell a persons life story or focus on specific experiences is:

Autobiography, biography, and memoir (a form of nonfiction)

Surrounding with troubles

Beleaguering

Ignorant

Benighted

To ask earnestly

Beseech

A clumsy or messy piece of work

Botch

Red dye

Cochineal

A central idea developed throughout a text and supported by specific details is:

Controlling Idea

A _______ is a piece of writing that analyzes and criticizes a literary or nonfiction work.

Critique

An essay or article that analyzes and criticizes a literary or nonfiction work is:

Critique

Puzzling, mysterious

Cryptic

Writing that employs the five senses to create mental images for the reader. Ex: descriptive investigations, character sketches This is:

Descriptive

Expressing sorrow

Elegiac

A high place

Eminence

Medium-length works that discuss a real-life topic and usually express the author´s personal ideas and findings is:

Essays (a form of nonfiction)

An appeal to the credibility or reliability of the author is:

Ethos

Specific, relevant details that shape, refine, and clarify the central idea of a nonfiction text is:

Evidence

-Cause and effect -Compare and contrast -Definition -Analysis -Sequence

Examples of Expository Text

A quotation or summary of information from an individual, group, or organization that possesses expertise in a field is:

Expert Testimony

Nonfiction that has the purpose of explaining or interpreting information. Ex: textbooks, analytical essays, science reports This is:

Expository/Informational

A reliable, proven statement or true example that supports the author's central idea is:

Fact

Useless, unimportant

Futile

An exaggeration or overstatement used to emphasize a point or to get the audiences attention is:

Hyperbole

Firmly

Indissolubly

Insinuation, inference

Innuendo

Eager, questioning, curious

Inquisitive

Works that express the author's personal thoughts, feelings, and reflections is:

Journals and letters (a form of nonfiction)

Lacking in spirit or energy

Languid

To play or frolic

Lark

An appeal to the audiences reason or logic is:

Logos

Poetry having a musical quality expressing the poets thoughts and feelings

Lyric

Characterized by devotion to the god of riches (Mammon)

Mammonish

Inferior, Low

Mean

Works the present descriptions or explanations of real people, places, things, and events; written for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio is:

Media Accounts (form of nonfiction)

Writing that tells a true story about people, places, things, or events. Ex: autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, reflective essays, journals This is:

Narrative

The author's personal belief, presented without proof is:

Opinion

1- Narration 2- Description 3- Process 4- Compare and contrast 5- Definition 6- Cause and effect

Organization of Nonfiction Texts

Expressing parts of a sentence using similar syntactical structures in order to show that the parts are related or equal in importance is:

Parallelism

An appeal to the author´s emotions is:

Pathos

Stinginess or frugality

Penuriousness

Enduring

Perennial

Causing disease; harmful

Pestilential

Keenly affecting the emotions

Poignant

A rule of moral conduct

Precept

Writing that gives steps for solving a problem or completing a task. Ex: instruction manuals, recipes This is:

Procedural

A text that is written for the purpose of instructing a reader on how to perform a specific task or complete a process is:

Procedural text

Widespread praise

Renown

The repetitive use of important words or phrases to add emphasis is:

Repetition

Dreamlike meditation

Reverie

The art and study of the effective use of language is:

Rhetoric

Methods an author uses to affect an audience is:

Rhetoric Appeals

A question that has an obvious yes or no answer is:

Rhetorical Question

Writing that makes fun of or ridicules human weaknesses or evils is:

Satire

A false, malicious, injurious rumor about a person

Slander

A number, percentage, ect., that can be used to prove a statement is:

Statistic

Supported by proof and evidence is:

Substantiated

A ________ of a written work assumes that the audience may not have read the work and provides a concise recap.

Summary

Long and dull

Tedious

Neither very hot or very cold

Temperate

A statement that makes a situation seem less than what it is: the opposite of a hyperbole is:

Understatement

Deserving of respect because of old age, dignity, or wisdom

Venerable

A statement that says the opposite of what is meant, often for the purpose of humor; includes sarcasm is:

Verbal Irony

Change or variation

Vicissitude