General English I Midterm Exam 1
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Name: _Da’Shawn _______Smith________________________
Student Number:_______________________
Directions: Answer the questions below. Use full sentences when applicable.
1.
Give two examples of each of the following elements of fiction and nonfiction from the texts you’ve read in Units 1, 2, and 3.
Characters: The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
Plot: The sequence of events.
Conflict: A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Setting: In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story.
Point of View: A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
Theme: The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition
Style: A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character
Tone: A particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.:
Perspective: A technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
Bias: A particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography
Purpose: The reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
2.
Argue a case for either the usage of hyperbole or understatement. Which do you think is more effective? More humorous? Explain your opinions, citing examples from the texts.
A hyperbole is more humorous but an understatement is a word with more persuasiveness to the understanding of being taken to effect.
3.
Cite examples from the texts you’ve read in Units 1, 2, and 3 to briefly explain the answers to the Big
Name: _Da’Shawn _______Smith________________________
Student Number:_______________________
Directions: Answer the questions below. Use full sentences when applicable.
1.
Give two examples of each of the following elements of fiction and nonfiction from the texts you’ve read in Units 1, 2, and 3.
Characters: The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
Plot: The sequence of events.
Conflict: A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Setting: In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story.
Point of View: A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
Theme: The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition
Style: A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character
Tone: A particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.:
Perspective: A technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
Bias: A particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography
Purpose: The reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
2.
Argue a case for either the usage of hyperbole or understatement. Which do you think is more effective? More humorous? Explain your opinions, citing examples from the texts.
A hyperbole is more humorous but an understatement is a word with more persuasiveness to the understanding of being taken to effect.
3.
Cite examples from the texts you’ve read in Units 1, 2, and 3 to briefly explain the answers to the Big