English 2 Midterm Review

Rhetorical Device

• used by writers use to strengthen arguments and include things such as repetition, parallelism, analogies, and rhetorical questions

• the most important idea, message, or opinion that the writer wants to communicate to the reader

• hints that suggest events that will occur later in the story

• the writer's position on a topic

Main Idea

• the reasons "why" behind the writer's claim

• the reason an author writes a piece

• a piece of information that is thought to be true

• the most important idea, message, or opinion that the writer wants to communicate to the reader

First Person

• point-of-view when the narrator is a character in the story

• point-of-view from an outside observer who focuses on one character

• POV where the narrator is giving directions

• POV where the narrator is an outside observer and you know no thoughts of characters

Third Person Limited

• POV where the narrator is an outside observer and you know no thoughts of characters

• hints that suggest events that will occur later in the story

• POV where the narrator is giving directions

• POV from an outside observer who focuses on one character

Second Person

• POV where the narrator is giving directions

• POV where the narrator is an outside observer and you know no thoughts of characters

• POV when the narrator is a character in the story

• POV from an outside observer who focuses on one character

Third Person Objective

• POV where the narrator is an outside observer and you know no thoughts of characters

• POV where the narrator is giving directions

• POV when the narrator is a character in the story

• POV from an outsider observer who focuses on one character

Foreshadowing

• hints that suggest events that will occur later in the story

• the opposing side of your argument

• a reference to a different literary work within a piece of writing

• a personal view that may not be based on facts

Third Person Omniscient

• the POV that "sees all"

• POV where the narrator is giving directions

• POV where the narrator is an outside observer and you know no thoughts of characters

• the writer's position on a topic

Claim

• the writer's position on a topic

• techniques used to persuade and communicate

• the events that make up a story

• a thing that represents or stands for something else

Support

• the reasons "why" behind the author's claim

• the reason an author writes a piece

• an extended metaphor where everything represents something else, usually political or religious in nature

• different structures of tests