English 10A Study Quiz

A short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make or support a larger point.

• Excerpt

• Anecdote

• Diction

• Context

Never before known or experienced.

• Unprecedented

• Valid

• Unbidden

• Ensung

An idea a person has about something that is formed before learning more information about it.

• Gist

• Preconception

• Infer

• Metaphor

A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others.

• Editor

• Philanthropist

• Narrator

• Teacher

Express the meaning of someone else's words in your own words.

• Paraphrase

• Theme

• Allude

• Infer

The author includes two or more separate narratives linked by a common character, event, or theme.

• Parallel Plot

• Pacing

• Idiom

• Prediction

Action of reasserting or confirming something.

• Refutation

• Analogy

• Reaffirmation

• Visualize

A power or process that changes or transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way.

• Allude

• Diffuse

• Alchemy

• Medium

To combine two or more parts to create a new whole.

• Thesis

• Synthesize

• Annotate

• Commentary

The arrangement of words and phrases to form sentences; refered to as sentence structure.

• Idiom

• Syntax

• Narrative

• Context