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