Bathos Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Accentual meter - stressed rythmic structure of poetic lines Agon - "struggle" portagonist/antagonist a formal debate (comedy) Alexandrine - 12 syllable line written in iambic hexameter Allegorical - a narrative that is an extended metaphor the elements of the narrative carry significance on a literal and a figurative level alliteration - repetition of initial consonants in consecutive words or in words close to each other allusion - a reference to a person,place, or thing from another...

CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 100% Correct alliteration Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap." allusion a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.a brief reference to a ...

Allegory - ANSWER A story having both a Literal and Symbolic meaning-Masque of the Red Death-Poe. Anaphora - ANSWER Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines. Antithesis - ANSWER Balanced writing about conflicting ideas. Aphorism - ANSWER A focused, succinct expression about life from a sagacious viewpoint. Franklin, Pope, Bacon. Apostrophe - ANSWER Addressing an absent or dead person. Archetype - ANSWER Idealized model of a person, object, or...

NYSTCE Multi Subject 7-12 Part 1 Already Passed Reading Comprehension the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning Literacy the ability to read and write Skills needed for Literacy Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocab Comprehension Fluency Phonemic Awareness The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. phoneme in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit Grapheme A written representation of a sound using one or more ...

Lexical Knowledge knowledge of word meanings Orthographic Knowledge knowledge of spellings and pronunications Phonemic Awareness Acknowledgement of sounds and words (knowing words rhyme) Phonemes the smallest unit of language capable of conveying distinction in meaning Phonics Method of teaching reading and spelling based on a phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling Phonological awareness the ability of the reader to recognize the sounds of spoken la...

Elementary Education Praxis 5002 Latest 2023 Graded A Phonemic Awareness vs. Phonological Awareness *Phonemic Awareness* is the acknowledgment of sounds and words. Ex. a child realizing that some words rhyme, or knowing that the sound of the letter b in the word bad can then be changed to with the sound d to make the word dad. The key is that phonemic awareness can be taught with the students' eyes closed- it's about *sounds* not ascribing written letters to sounds. *Phonological Awareness* is...

alliteration - Answer-Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap." allusion - Answer-a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase. The ...

Level 3 NCEA English Language Features Questions and Answers 2023 assonance repetition of vowel sounds within words bathos or anticlimax in descending order, to spoil the effect of climax contractions shortening of words in informal speech and writing eg can't cliche a well worn or stereotyped expression circumlocution using more words than necessary colloquialism a word or phrase used in speech but not dignified by formal writing or speech compo...

Bathos -->A poetic device in which the poet intentionally used unexpected, anticlimactic language to bring humor, expose, or create a point. Enjambment -->When a writer intentionally runs a line of poetry together and breaks a thought, phrase or sentence a the end of the line and carries it into the next line. Open Form -->Poems whose form is not easily recognizable and may not fall into one specific traditional poetic form. Petrarchan Sonnet -->A sonnet that contains an octave (ei...

NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221 Second language acquisition - Make all instruction as easy to understand as possible; Relate instruction to culture of ESL children; Increase interactive activities use gestures when modeling Vocabulary - The more vocab a student knows the higher their comprehension Print and book awareness - See connection between words and meaning Learn that reading/writing are ways to obtain info and communicate ideas Learn the features of text ie read left to right spac...