English 2 Midterm Review

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

• Theme

• Rhetorical device

• Flashbacks

• Characterization

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

• Authors purpose

• Conclusion paragraph

• Topic sentence

• Main idea

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

• 2nd person

• first person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscent

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

• 2nd person

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscent

POV where the narrator is giving directions

• second person

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscent

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

• first person

• third person omniscent

• third person limited

• third person objective

    the point-of-view that “sees all”

• first person

• third person omniscent

• third person limited

• third person objective

foreshadowing

• the reasons “why” behind the writer’s claim

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

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

• the opposing side of your argument

claim     

• the writer’s position on a topic

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

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

• the opposing side of your argument

support   

• the writer’s position on a topic

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

•       the reasons “why” behind the writer’s claim

• the opposing side of your argument