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A Anapest A metrical foot of three syllables in which two unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed one (˘˘ ). Act A major unit of a drama, or play. Modern dramas In the following line from Siegfried Sassoon’s “Does It generally have one, two, or three acts. Older dramas, Matter?” the feet are divided by slashes: including Shakespeare’s, often have five acts. Acts may ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ be divided into one or more scenes. You can drink / and forget / and be glad. . . . See also DRAMA, SCENE. See also FOOT, METER, SCANSION.
Allegory A literary work in which all or most of the Anecdote A brief account of an interesting happening. characters, settings, and events stand for ideas, qualities, Essayists often use anecdotes to support their opinions, or figures beyond themselves. The overall purpose of an clarify their ideas, get the reader’s attention, or entertain. allegory is to teach a moral lesson. Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Biographers often include anecdotes to illustrate points Progress is an allegory in which Vanity Fair represents the about their subjects. Boswell’s The Life of Samuel world and the Celestial City symbolizes heaven. Johnson contains an anecdote about the first time See pages 154, 533. Boswell was introduced to Johnson by Thomas Davies. See also SYMBOL. Antagonist A person or a force that opposes the pro- Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, gener- tagonist, or central character, in a story or drama. The ally at the beginnings of words. Alliteration can be used reader is generally meant not to sympathize with the to emphasize words, reinforce meaning, or create a musi- antagonist. In Beowulf, Grendel is an antagonist. cal effect. Note the repeated s and d sounds in the fol- See also CONFLICT, PROTAGONIST. lowing line from Hopkins’s “Pied Beauty”: With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; Anthropomorphism The assignment of human charac- teristics to gods, animals, or inanimate objects. It is a key See pages 276, 800, 936. element in fables, where the main characters are often See also SOUND DEVICES. animals. The sheep in Janet Frame’s “Two Sheep” have Allusion A reference to a well-known character, place, or human characteristics. situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature. See page 1319. Discovering the meaning of an allusion can often be essential See also FABLE. to the understanding of a work. W. H. Auden alludes to the Greek myth of Icarus in his poem “Musée des Beaux Arts.” Aphorism A short, pointed statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about human experience, such See pages 520, 600, 733. as Pope’s saying from An Essay on Criticism: Ambiguity The state of having more than one mean- We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; ing. The richness of literary language lies in its ability to Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so. evoke multiple layers of meaning. See also EPIGRAM. See also CONNOTATION. Apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker Analogy A comparison that shows similarities between addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or an absent per- two things that are otherwise dissimilar. A writer may use son. In Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind,” an analogy to explain something unfamiliar by compar- the speaker addresses the wind. ing it to something familiar. Shakespeare pokes fun at See page 271. analogies in “Sonnet 130,” claiming, “My mistress’ eyes See also PERSONIFICATION. are nothing like the sun.” Archetype A symbol, a character, an image, or a story See also METAPHOR, SIMILE. pattern that recurs frequently in literature and evokes strong
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 1 7/10/06 8:17:11 AM responses, often based on unconscious memory. The story following purposes: to persuade, to inform, to explain, of a hero who embarks on a dangerous quest is a recur- to entertain, or to describe. John Bunyan wrote The ring story in literature and film. Sir Gawain in Sir Gawain Pilgrim’s Progress to provide moral instruction. and the Green Knight embarks on an archetypal journey. See pages 154, 280, 288, 573, 609, 854, 1098. See pages 173, 205. See also DICTION, STYLE, THEME. See also SYMBOL. Autobiography The story of a person’s life written by Argument A type of persuasive writing in which logic that person. Autobiographies can give insights into the or reason is used to try to influence a reader’s ideas or author’s view of himself or herself and of the society in actions. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary which he or she lived. The Book of Margery Kempe is the Wollstonecraft presents a powerful argument for the edu- autobiography of a medieval woman. cation of women. Argument can also refer to a prose See page 146. summary or synopsis of what is in a story or play. This See also BIOGRAPHY, DIARY, MEMOIR, NONFICTION. type of argument appears at the beginning of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK B See pages 124, 352, 425, 456, 603, 726, 1150. See also PERSUASION. Ballad A narrative song or poem. Folk ballads, which usually recount an exciting or dramatic episode, were Aside In a play, a character’s comment that is directed to passed down by word of mouth for generations before the audience or another character but is not heard by any being written down. Literary ballads are written in imita- other characters on the stage. Asides, which are rare in tion of folk ballads but have a known author. Coleridge’s modern drama, reveal what a character is thinking or feel- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a literary ballad. ing. An example occurs in Act 1, scene 4, of Shakespeare’s “Bonny Barbara Allan” is a folk ballad. Macbeth. See pages 208–209, 210, 827. King. My worthy Cawdor! See also FOLKLORE, NARRATIVE POETRY, ORAL TRADITION. Macbeth. [Aside.] The Prince of Cumberland! Ballad stanza A quatrain, or four-line stanza, in which That is a step the first and third lines have four stressed syllables, and On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap. the second and fourth lines have three stressed syllables. See also SOLILOQUY. Only the second and fourth lines rhyme. Although the basic foot in this stanza is the iamb (˘ ), there tend to be Assonance The repetition of the same or similar vowel many irregularities, as in this stanza from “Get Up and sounds in stressed syllables that end with different conso- Bar the Door.” nant sounds. For example, the long i sound is repeated in the opening line from Ben Jonson’s “On My First Son”: It fell about the Martinmas time, Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; . . . And a gay time it was then, See pages 931, 1201. When our goodwife got puddings to make, See also SOUND DEVICES. And she’s boiled them in the pan. Atmosphere The dominant emotional feeling of a See pages 210, 827. literary work that contributes to the mood. Orwell’s See also QUATRAIN, SCANSION. description of the natives’ dislike of him in “Shooting an Elephant” builds an atmosphere of suspense and Bias An inclination toward a certain opinion or position foreboding. on a topic, possibly stemming from prejudice. See page 316. See pages 1173, 1193. See also MOOD. See also NONFICTION.
Author’s purpose An author’s intent in writing a liter- Biography An account of a person’s life written by ary work. Authors typically write for one or more of the someone other than the subject. Biographies have been
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 2 7/10/06 8:17:36 AM written of many of the writers in this book. Boswell’s The eloquent language. Love is a popular theme. Herrick, HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS Life of Samuel Johnson is a famous example. Suckling, and Lovelace were Cavalier poets. See page 660. See pages 452–453. See also AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DIARY, JOURNAL, MEMOIR. Character A person portrayed in a literary work. A main Blank verse Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written character is central to the story and is typically fully devel- in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line has five feet, oped. A minor character displays few personality traits with each foot made up of an unstressed syllable fol- and is used to help develop the story. Characters who lowed by a stressed syllable. Because blank verse may show varied and sometimes contradictory traits, such as attempt to imitate spoken English, every line need not be Rosemary in Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea,” are perfectly regular. Most of Shakespeare’s characters speak called round. Characters who reveal only one personality in blank verse—as Macbeth does, for example, when he trait, such as the narrator’s mother in V. S. Naipaul’s “B. addresses the floating dagger in Act 2, scene 1: Wordsworth,” are called flat. A stereotype, or stock char- ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, acter, is typically flat. A dynamic character, such as Paul in D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” grows and See also FOOT, IAMBIC PENTAMETER, SCANSION. changes during the story. A static character remains basi- cally the same throughout a story. Things happen to the Byronic hero See HERO. character, but he or she does not change. See pages 210, 1123, 1193, 1272. C See also CHARACTERIZATION, STEREOTYPE. Cadence The rhythmic rise and fall of language when it is spoken or read aloud. Characterization The methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character. In direct characterization, See also FREE VERSE, METER. the writer makes explicit statements about a character, as Caesura A pause in a line of poetry, usually near the D. H. Lawrence does in “The Rocking-Horse Winner.” In middle of a line, with two stressed syllables before and indirect characterization, the writer reveals a character two after, creating a strong rhythm. A caesura is used to through his or her words, thoughts, and actions and produce variations in meter and to draw attention to cer- through what other characters think and say about that tain words. Some pauses are indicated by punctuation, character, as in the characterization of the young woman others by phrasing or meaning. In the lines below, from in Gordimer’s “The Train from Rhodesia.” Tennyson’s In Memoriam A. H. H., the caesuras are See pages 93, 140, 539, 769, 967, 1305. marked by double vertical lines. See also CHARACTER. Ring out the old, || ring in the new, Cliché A word or phrase that is so overused that it is Ring, happy bells, || across the snow; virtually meaningless. “Dead as a doornail,” “piece of See also RHYTHM. cake,” and “last but not least” are all clichés.
Carpe diem A Latin phrase meaning “seize the day”; in Climax See PLOT. other words, “make the most of each moment.” In carpe diem poems, the speaker emphasizes the shortness of Colloquialism Informal language used in everyday con- life—usually to persuade a young woman to yield to love versation but not in formal writing or speech. In Mansfield’s while she still has her youth and beauty. Andrew Marvell’s “A Cup of Tea,” Miss Smith is speaking colloquially when poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a famous example. she says, “I can’t go on no longer . . . I can’t bear no more.” See pages 456, 478. See also DIALECT, VERNACULAR.
Cavalier poetry The work of a group of English Comedy A type of drama that is humorous and often poets in the 1600s who were loyal to the monarchy. has a happy ending. A heroic comedy focuses on the Cavalier poetry is generally intended to entertain rather exploits of a larger-than-life hero. than to instruct. It is characterized by regular rhythmic See also DRAMA, FARCE, HUMOR, PARODY, SATIRE, WIT. patterns, carefully structured stanzas, and simple but
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 3 7/10/06 8:17:45 AM Comic relief A humorous scene, event, or speech in a For thy sweet love rememb’red such wealth brings serious drama. It provides relief from emotional intensity That then I scorn to change my state with kings. while at the same time highlighting the seriousness of the See also HEROIC COUPLET, RHYME, SONNET. story. The porter scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 3) is a famous example. Crisis See PLOT.
Conceit An elaborate figure of speech that makes a com- parison between two significantly different things. The con- D ceit draws an analogy between some object from nature or Dactyl A three-syllable metrical foot, in which the first everyday life and the subject or theme of a poem. Often a syllable is stressed and the following two are unstressed. conceit is lengthy and dominates a passage or an entire The following line from Tennyson’s “Tears, Idle Tears” has poem. A metaphysical conceit is an intellectual compari- a basic dactylic rhythm: son—rather than one based on nature—that can develop a ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ wide range of ideas and capture a broad range of emo- Tears, idle/ tears, I know/ not what they/ mean, tions. In Sir Thomas Wyatt’s “Whoso List to Hunt,” the con- See also FOOT, METER, SCANSION.
LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK ceit compares romance with deer hunting. See page 438. Denotation The literal, or dictionary, meaning of a word. See also ANALOGY, EXTENDED METAPHOR, METAPHYSICAL See pages 271, 611, 948. POETRY, SIMILE. See also CONNOTATION.
Conflict The central struggle between two opposing Dénouement See PLOT. forces in a story or drama. An external conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force, Description A detailed portrayal of a person, a place, an such as another person, nature, society, or fate. An object, or an event. Good descriptive writing appeals to the internal conflict is a struggle that takes place within the senses through imagery. Anita Desai’s “Games at Twilight” mind of a character who is torn between opposing feel- begins with an effective description of a hot afternoon. ings, desires, or goals. In Desai’s “Games at Twilight,” See pages 967, 1156. the conflict is largely internal. In Achebe’s “Dead Men’s See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, IMAGERY. Path,” the conflict is mostly external. See pages 23, 79, 191, 530, 1075, 1285, 1305. Dialect A variation of a language spoken by a particular See also ANTAGONIST, PLOT, PROTAGONIST. region or class. Dialects may differ from the standard form of a language in vocabulary, pronunciation, or Connotation The suggested or implied meanings grammatical form. In Naipaul’s story “B. Wordsworth,” associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition, the narrator and his mother speak a dialect of English. or denotation. A word can have a positive, negative, or I ran up the steps and shouted, “Ma, it have a man neutral connotation. outside here. He say he want to watch the bees.” See pages 271, 611, 948. See pages 718, 1332. See also AMBIGUITY, DENOTATION, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. See also VERNACULAR.
Consonance The repetition of consonant sounds, typi- Dialogue Conversation between characters in a literary cally at the end of nonrhyming words and preceded by work. Dialogue can contribute to characterization, create different vowel sounds, as in this succession of echoing d mood, advance the plot, and develop theme. sounds in William Butler Yeats’s “The Second Coming”: See page 769. The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, . . . See pages 931, 1201. Diary An individual’s daily record of impressions, See also SOUND DEVICES. events, or thoughts, written for personal use rather than for publication. Samuel Pepys’s diary, written between Couplet Two consecutive, rhymed lines of poetry that 1660 and 1669, is a famous example. follow the same rhythmic pattern. The last two lines of See page 553. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 29” are a couplet: See also JOURNAL.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 4 7/10/06 8:17:53 AM Diction A writer’s choice of words; an important element End-stopped line A line of poetry that contains a com- HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS in the writer’s “voice” or style. Skilled writers choose their plete thought, thus requiring a semicolon or period at the words carefully to convey a particular meaning or feeling. end, as in Blake’s “A Poison Tree”: See pages 786, 854, 1190, 1324. I was angry with my friend; See also AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, CONNOTATION, STYLE, TONE, VOICE. I told my wrath, my wrath did end. See also ENJAMBMENT. Dimeter A line of verse consisting of two feet. See also FOOT, METER, SCANSION. Enjambment The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another, without a pause, as in Drama A story intended to be performed by actors before the following lines from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116”: an audience. The script of a dramatic work, or play, often Let me not to the marriage of true minds includes the author’s instructions to the actors and director, Admit impediments; love is not love known as stage directions. A drama may be divided into Which alters when it alteration fi nds . . . acts, which may also be broken up into scenes, indicating changes in location or the passage of time. Enjambment enables poets to create a conversational tone, breaking lines at points where people would See also ACT, COMEDY, PROPS, SCENE, STAGE DIRECTIONS, normally pause in conversation yet still maintaining the TRAGEDY. unity of thought. Dramatic irony See IRONY. See page 781. See also RHYTHM. Dramatic monologue A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener. The speaker Epic A long narrative poem that recounts the adventures may be a fictional or historical figure and is clearly distinct of a larger-than-life hero. This epic hero is usually a man from the poet. Robert Browning’s poem “My Last of high social status who embodies the ideals of his peo- Duchess” is a dramatic monologue. ple. He is often of great historical or legendary impor- tance. Epic plots typically involve supernatural events, See pages 980, 1008. See also DRAMATIC POETRY, MONOLOGUE. long time periods, distant journeys, and life-and-death struggles between good and evil. Works such as Beowulf Dramatic poetry Poetry in which characters are are called folk epics because they have no certain revealed through dialogue and monologue, as well as authorship and arise, usually through storytelling, from through description. Hardy’s “Ah, Are You Digging on the collective experiences of a people. Literary epics, My Grave?” is an example of dramatic poetry. such as John Milton’s Paradise Lost, are written by known authors. See also DIALOGUE, DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE. See pages 20–21, 52. Dramatic structure The structure of a serious play. See also LEGEND, MYTH, ORAL TRADITION. Common elements are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Epigram A short, witty verse or saying. Samuel Taylor Coleridge defined epigram with an epigram of his own: See also PLOT. What is an Epigram? A dwarfi sh whole, Dynamic character See CHARACTER. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. See also APHORISM. E Epigraph A quotation from another work or source that Elegy A poem mourning a death or another great loss. suggests the theme or main idea of the work at hand. It Tennyson’s In Memoriam A. H. H. is an elegy. is often up to the reader to determine how the quoted See pages 446, 715. work relates to the literature it introduces. An epigraph generally serves as an introductory passage at the begin- End rhyme The rhyming of words at the ends of lines, ning of a literary work. Kipling’s “Miss Youghal’s Sais” as in Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young.” begins with an epigraph.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 5 7/10/06 8:18:02 AM Epilogue A concluding statement or section added to a Extended metaphor A metaphor that compares two work of literature. unlike things in various ways throughout a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire selection. Epiphany A moment of sudden understanding of the See page 603. true meaning of a situation, a person, or an object. In See also METAPHOR. Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea,” Rosemary Fell’s real- ization that her husband finds Miss Smith pretty is an epiphany. F See page 1139. Fable A short, often humorous tale intended to teach a lesson about human behavior or to give advice about Epistle Any letter, such as Johnson’s “Letter to Lord how to behave. Many fables end by stating the moral, Chesterfield.” Often the term is applied to a more literary or lesson to be learned, while others leave it up to the work than the informal communication written by most reader to infer the moral. In a beast fable, animals talk people. Pope called the four poems that make up An and act like humans. Essay on Man “verse epistles.” See also LEGEND, MORAL, PARABLE, THEME. LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK
Epitaph A brief statement commemorating a dead per- Fairy tale A type of folktale that features supernatural son, often inscribed on a gravestone. Thomas Gray’s elements, such as spirits, talking animals, and magic. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” ends with an See also FOLKTALE. epitaph, as does Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. See page 709. Falling action See PLOT. See also ELEGY. Fantasy A literary work that is set in an unreal world Epithet A word or brief phrase used to characterize a and that often concerns incredible characters and events. person, place, or thing. Royal epithets are common: There are elements of fantasy in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Good Queen Bess, Richard the Lionheart, Edward the See also SCIENCE FICTION. Black Prince, Charles the Bold, and Philip the Good, for example. Farce A type of comedy with ridiculous situations, char- acters, or events. Essay A short piece of nonfiction writing on any topic. The purpose of the essay is to communicate an idea or See also COMEDY, HUMOR, PARODY, SATIRE. opinion. A formal essay is serious and impersonal, often Fiction A narrative in which situations and characters with the purpose of instructing or persuading. Typically, are invented by the writer. Some aspects of a fictional the author strikes a serious tone and develops a main work may be based on fact or experience. Fictional works idea, or thesis, in a logical, highly organized way. An include short stories, novels, and plays. informal or personal essay entertains while it informs, usually in light, conversational style. Bacon’s “Of Studies” See also DRAMA, NONFICTION, NOVEL, SHORT STORY. is a formal essay. Addison and Steele wrote informal Figurative language Language used for descriptive essays for The Spectator. effect in order to convey ideas or emotions. Figurative See pages 547, 591, 612–613. expressions are not literally true but express some truth See also NONFICTION, THESIS. beyond the literal level. Figurative language is especially common in poetry. Exaggeration See HYPERBOLE. See pages 260, 312, 843, 1107. Exemplum A brief story used as an example to illus- See also FIGURE OF SPEECH. trate a moral point. Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale” is an exemplum. Figure of speech A specific kind of figurative language such as metaphor, personification, or simile. See also ANECDOTE, FABLE. See also CONNOTATION, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, METAPHOR, Exposition See PLOT. OXYMORON, PERSONIFICATION, SIMILE, SYMBOL.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 6 7/10/06 8:18:14 AM Flashback An interruption in the chronological order of Form The structure of a poem. Many modern writers HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier. A use loosely structured poetic forms instead of following flashback gives readers information that may help explain traditional or formal patterns. These poets vary the the main events of a story. Elizabeth Bowen’s “The lengths of lines and stanzas, relying on emphasis, rhythm, Demon Lover” includes a flashback. pattern, or the placement of words and phrases to con- See page 1175. vey meaning. See also FORESHADOWING. See pages 465, 866, 1206. See also FREE VERSE, RHYTHM, STANZA, STRUCTURE. Flash-forward An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time. Formal essay See ESSAY. See also FLASHBACK. Frame story A story that surrounds another story or Flat character See CHARACTER. that serves to link several stories together. The frame is the outer story, which usually precedes and follows the Foil A character whose attitudes, beliefs, or behavior differ inner, more important story. Chaucer’s The Canterbury significantly from those of another character. Often a foil is Tales is a frame story. The pilgrimage is the outer story, a minor character who serves, through contrast, to empha- or frame, unifying the tales or inner stories told by the size the distinctive characteristics of the main character. pilgrims. See page 352. See also STRUCTURE. See also ANTAGONIST, CHARACTER, CHARACTERIZATION, PROTAGONIST. Free verse Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement. T. S. Eliot’s Folklore Traditional beliefs, customs, stories, songs, and “Preludes” is an example of free verse. Although poets dances of a culture. Folklore is passed down through oral who write free verse ignore traditional rules, they use tradition and is based on the concerns of ordinary peo- techniques such as repetition and alliteration to create ple. There are elements of folklore in Beowulf. musical patterns in their poems. See also BALLAD, EPIC, FOLKTALE, LEGEND, MYTH, ORAL See page 1314. TRADITION. See also FORM, METER, RHYME, RHYTHM, STANZA.
Folktale A traditional story passed down orally long before being written down. Folktales include animal stories, G–H trickster stories, fairy tales, myths, legends, and tall tales. Genre A category or type of literature. Examples of See also FOLKLORE. genres are poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. See page 781. Foot The basic unit in the measurement of a line of met- rical poetry. A foot usually contains one stressed syllable Gothic novel A novel that has a gloomy, foreboding ( ) and one or more unstressed syllables (˘). The basic setting and contains strong elements of horror, mystery, metrical feet are the anapest (˘ ˘ ), dactyl ( ˘ ˘), iamb and the supernatural. English writer Horace Walpole is (˘ ), spondee ( ), and trochee ( ˘). credited with writing the first gothic novel, The Castle of See also METER, RHYTHM, SCANSION, STANZA. Otranto, in 1765. Gothic originally referred to a style of architecture in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Foreshadowing An author’s use of clues to prepare Since the setting of Walpole’s novel is a medieval castle, readers for events that will happen later in a story. D. H. the term was applied to this type of writing. Lawrence prepares the reader for future happenings by See page 834. stating at the beginning of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” See also NOVEL. that there was “always an anxiety in the house. There was never enough money.” Haiku An ancient Japanese form of poetry that has See pages 1123, 1338. three lines and seventeen syllables. The first and third See also FLASHBACK, PLOT, SUSPENSE. lines have five syllables each; the middle line has seven
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 7 7/10/06 8:18:22 AM syllables. Usually about nature, a traditional haiku uses People tells of the influence of the Christian church on striking imagery to evoke an insight or capture a mood. English civilization. See also IMAGERY. See page 83. See also HISTORY, NONFICTION. Heptameter A metrical line of seven feet. See also FOOT, METER, SCANSION. History A factual account of real events that occurred in the past. Typically, a history is arranged chronologically Hero The chief character in a literary work, typically one and seeks to provide an objective description of what whose admirable qualities or noble deeds arouse admira- happened. tion. Although the word hero is applied only to males in tra- See also HISTORICAL FICTION, NONFICTION. ditional usage—heroine being the term used for females— modern usage applies the term to either gender. A Byronic Hubris Extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often results hero is the unconventional, brooding, romantic character in the downfall of a protagonist who violates a human, popularized by Lord Byron in some of his verse. natural, or divine law. In his sonnet “Ozymandias,” Percy See pages 20–21, 52, 848–849. Bysshe Shelley provides a concise portrait of hubris in the LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK See also EPIC, LEGEND, MYTH, PROTAGONIST, TRAGEDY. doomed king whose empire lies in ruins around him. See also TRAGEDY. Heroic couplet A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pen- tameter that work together to express an idea or make a Humor The quality of a literary work that makes the point. A heroic couplet is based on the poetic form used characters and their situations seem funny, amusing, or by ancient Greek and Roman poets in their heroic epics. silly. Humor often points out human failings and the irony The following lines from Pope’s An Essay on Man form a found in many situations. Humorous language includes heroic couplet: sarcasm, exaggeration, and verbal irony. And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, See page 124. One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right. See also COMEDY, FARCE, PARODY, PUN, SATIRE, WIT. See page 587. See also IAMBIC PENTAMETER, METER, RHYTHM. Hymn A lyric poem or song addressed to a divine being or expressing religious sentiments. Heroic stanza A group of four poetic lines (a qua- See also LYRIC. train) in iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of abab, also known as the elegiac stanza. Gray’s “Elegy Hyperbole A figure of speech that uses exaggeration Written in a Country Churchyard” features heroic, or to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke elegiac, stanzas. humor. The following passage from Andrew Marvell’s See also IAMBIC PENTAMETER, QUATRAIN, RHYME SCHEME. “To His Coy Mistress” contains hyperbole: An hundred years should go to praise Hexameter Line of verse consisting of six feet. Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; . . . See also FOOT, METER, SCANSION. See pages 475, 1173. See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, UNDERSTATEMENT. Historical fiction Fiction that sets characters against the backdrop of a period other than the author’s own. I Some works of historical fiction include actual historical people along with fictitious characters. Defoe’s A Journal Iamb A two-syllable metrical foot consisting of one of the Plague Year is historical fiction. unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable, as in the See page 623. word divide. See also FICTION, NOVEL. Iambic pentameter A poetic meter in which each Historical narrative A work of nonfiction that tells line is composed of five feet (pentameter); each foot— the story of important historical events or develop- known as an iamb—consists of one unstressed syllable ments. Bede’s The Ecclesiastical History of the English (˘) followed by one stressed syllable ( ). In order to
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 8 7/10/06 8:18:30 AM imitate the natural flow of spoken English, poets using (landscape), a reversal of the usual order. In the second HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS iambic pentameter often vary its rhythm. The following line, the object (stillness) comes before the verb (holds). line from Spenser’s “Sonnet 75” is a perfect example of Now fades the glimmering landscape on the this metrical form: sight, ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ And all the air a solemn stillness holds, . . . But came / the tide, / and made / my pains / ˘ See page 543. his prey. See also STYLE. See also BLANK VERSE, FOOT, HEROIC COUPLET, METER, RHYTHM, SCANSION. Irony A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. Situational irony exists when the outcome of Idiom An expression whose meaning is different from a situation is the opposite of expectations, as in Hardy’s the literal meaning of the words that make it up. Phrases poem “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” Verbal irony such as “catch his eye,” “turn the tables,” “over the hill,” occurs when the meaning of a statement is the reverse of and “keep tabs on” are idiomatic expressions understood what is meant, as in Swift’s A Modest Proposal. Dramatic by native speakers but often puzzling to nonnative irony occurs when readers or viewers know something speakers. Idioms can add realism to dialogue in a story that the characters do not. and contribute to characterization. See pages 116, 404, 584, 851, 1004, 1310. See page 1185. See also DIALECT. J–L Imagery The “word pictures” that writers create to Journal A daily record of events kept by a participant in evoke an emotional response. In creating effective those events or a witness to them. A journal is usually images, writers use sensory details, or descriptions that less intimate than a diary, emphasizing events rather than appeal to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, emotions. Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal, kept from 1800 touch, taste, and smell. Note Yeats’s use of imagery in to 1803, provides a glimpse into English country life. “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” See page 796. See pages 593, 709, 876, 995, 1094, 1118, 1328, 1356. See also DIARY, NONFICTION. See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Juxtaposition The placing of two or more distinct Informal essay See ESSAY. things side by side in order to contrast or compare them. It is commonly used to evoke an emotional response in Interior monologue A technique that records a char- the reader. acter’s emotions, memories, and opinions. Interior mono- See page 843. logue contributes to the stream-of-consciousness effect. Joyce’s “Araby” contains interior monologue. Kenning A descriptive figure of speech that takes the See also STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. place of a common noun, especially in Anglo-Saxon and Norse poetry. In Beowulf, for example, the sea is Internal conflict See CONFLICT. described as the “whale road.” Internal rhyme Rhyme that occurs within a single line See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. of poetry. Poets use internal rhyme to convey meaning, Legend A traditional story handed down from the past, to evoke mood, or simply to create a musical effect. based on actual people and events, and tending to See also RHYME. become more exaggerated and fantastical over time. Often legends celebrate the heroic qualities of a national Inversion Reversal of the usual word order for emphasis or cultural leader. Legends about King Arthur and his or variety. Writers use inversion to maintain rhyme scheme knights of the Round Table have evolved from a real war- or meter, or to emphasize certain words. In the first line rior who led the British in battle in the eighth century a.d. that follows from Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” the verb (fades) comes before the subject See page 197. See also FOLKLORE, FOLKTALE, HERO, ORAL TRADITION.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 9 7/10/06 8:18:39 AM Literary criticism A type of writing in which the writer See pages 428–429. analyzes and evaluates a literary work. See also CONCEIT, METAPHOR.
Lyric poetry Poetry that expresses a speaker’s personal Meter A regular pattern of stressed ( ) and unstressed thoughts and feelings. A lyric poem is usually short and (˘) syllables that gives a line of poetry a more or less creates a single, unified impression. William Wordsworth’s predictable rhythm. The basic unit of meter is the foot, “The World Is Too Much with Us” is an example of a lyric consisting of one or two stressed syllables and/or one or poem. two unstressed syllables. The iamb, for example, consists of two syllables: one unstressed followed by one stressed. See pages 449, 793, 999. See also POETRY. The length of a metrical line can be expressed in terms of the number of feet it contains: dimeter, two feet M trimeter, three feet Maxim A short saying that contains a general truth or tetrameter, four feet gives practical advice, particularly about morality and pentameter, fi ve feet LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK behavior. Also known as an adage or aphorism. hexameter, six feet See also APHORISM. heptameter, seven feet The following lines from Marlowe’s “The Passionate Melodrama A melodrama is usually a play, but it can Shepherd to His Love” are in iambic tetrameter: be any work that has a strong conflict and appeals pri- ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ marily to the emotions. In a melodrama, the characters Come live / with me, / and be / my love, ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ are either extremely good or extremely wicked. And we / will all / the plea / sures prove. See also DRAMA. See pages 431, 764, 995, 1115. See also FOOT, IAMBIC PENTAMETER, RHYTHM, SCANSION. Memoir A type of narrative nonfiction that presents the story of a period in the writer’s life. It is usually written from Metonymy A figure of speech in which a word or the first-person point of view and emphasizes the narrator’s phrase is substituted for another that is related. For exam- own experience of this period. It may also reveal the ple, the executive branch of the British government is impact of significant historical events on his or her life. often referred to as Downing Street, where the prime See also AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY. minister lives in London. See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Metaphor A figure of speech that compares or equates two seemingly unlike things to help readers perceive the Miracle play A medieval religious drama presenting a first thing more vividly. In contrast to a simile, a metaphor story from the Bible or the lives of the saints; also called implies the comparison instead of stating it directly; a mystery play. hence there is no use of connectives such as like or as. See pages 152–153. The lines below from Sir Philip Sidney’s “Sonnet 39” con- See also MORALITY PLAY. tain metaphors: Come sleep! O sleep, the certain knot of peace, Mock-epic An imitation epic, or long narrative poem, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, . . . that makes fun of the trivial values of a society by using See pages 294, 603, 843, 1110. elevated language to describe a mundane event. Pope’s See also EXTENDED METAPHOR, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, “The Rape of the Lock” is a mock-epic. SIMILE. See page 593. See also EPIC. Metaphysical poetry The work of a group of seven- teenth-century English poets led by John Donne. Modernism A term applied to a variety of twentieth- Metaphysical poetry is written in a conversational style, century artistic movements that shared a desire to break emphasizes complex meanings, contains unusual imag- with the past. In addition to technical experimentation, ery, and extends the range of metaphors into areas of Modernist playwrights, writers, and artists in the first half science, religion, and learning.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 10 7/10/06 8:18:54 AM of the twentieth century were interested in the irrational or an internal moral or emotional impulse. In Doris HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS or inexplicable, as well as in the workings of the uncon- Lessing’s “A Mild Attack of Locusts,” farmers are moved to scious mind. The poetry of T. S. Eliot, with its new subject action by the desire to save their crops from locusts. matter, diction, and metrical patterns, came to define See pages 1046, 1136. Modernism. Other Modernist writers include Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. Myth A traditional story that deals with goddesses, See pages 1038–1039. gods, heroes, and supernatural forces. A myth may See also STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. explain a belief, a custom, or a force of nature. Milton’s Paradise Lost has mythic elements. Monologue A long speech by a character in a literary See also EPIC, FOLKLORE, LEGEND, ORAL TRADITION. work, spoken either to others or as if alone. See also DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, SOLILOQUY. N Mood The emotional quality of a literary work. A writ- Narrative Writing or speech that tells a story. Narratives er’s choice of language, subject matter, setting, and may be fiction or nonfiction, prose or poetry. tone, as well as sound devices such as rhyme and See also NARRATIVE POETRY, NARRATOR. rhythm, contribute to creating mood. Mood is a broader term than tone, which refers to the attitude of a writer Narrative poetry Verse that tells a story. Ballads, toward the subject matter or the audience. It also differs epics, and romances are all types of narrative poetry. from atmosphere, which is concerned mainly with the “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor physical qualities that contribute to a mood, such as Coleridge is a narrative poem. time, place, and weather. The mood of Defoe’s A See page 804. Journal of the Plague Year is somber. See also BALLAD, DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, EPIC, NARRATIVE. See pages 74, 169, 796, 923, 1090, 1353. See also ATMOSPHERE, SETTING, TONE. Narrator The person who tells a story. The narrator may be a character in the story, as in James Joyce’s Moral A practical lesson about right and wrong conduct “Araby,” or outside the story, as in Doris Lessing’s “A Mild taught in a fable or parable. Attack of Locusts.” See also FABLE, PARABLE. See pages 1069, 1255. See also NARRATIVE, PERSONA, POINT OF VIEW, SPEAKER. Morality play A medieval religious play popular in the 1400s and 1500s. The plays centered on the moral strug- Naturalism A literary movement characterized by a gles of everyday people and were designed to teach les- belief that people are part of the natural world and sons about salvation and the struggle between virtue and have little control over their own lives. Writers such as vice. Characters were personifications of abstract qualities Hardy and Lawrence focused on the powerful eco- such as vice, virtue, mercy, ignorance, and poverty. nomic, social, and environmental forces that shape the Everyman is a morality play. lives of individuals. See pages 152–153. See pages 918–919. See also MIRACLE PLAY. See also REALISM.
Motif A significant word, phrase, image, description, Neoclassicism A term often applied to English litera- idea, or other element repeated throughout a literary ture of the Neoclassical period, from 1660 to the end of work and related to the theme. Luck is a motif in D. H. the eighteenth century. This period, which is also known Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner.” as the Age of Reason, corresponds to Unit Three in the See pages 337, 442. text. Neoclassical writers valued order, reason, balance, See also THEME. and clarity over emotion. The work of Alexander Pope is an example of Neoclassicism. Motivation The stated or implied reason for a charac- See also RESTORATION AGE. ter’s actions. Motivation may be an external circumstance
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 11 7/10/06 8:19:02 AM Nonfiction Literature that deals with real people, Oral tradition The passing of literature by word of places, and events. Among the categories of nonfiction mouth from one generation to the next. Oral literature is are biographies, autobiographies, and essays. a way of recording the past, glorifying leaders, and teach- See also AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, ESSAY, FICTION, ing morals and traditions to young people. HISTORY, MEMOIR. See also BALLAD, EPIC, FOLKLORE, FOLKTALE, LEGEND, MYTH.
Nonsense verse Humorous poetry that defies logic. It Ottava rima A stanza of eight lines written in iambic usually has a strong rhythm and contains made-up words pentameter with the rhyme scheme abababcc. Yeats’s known as nonce words. Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” is “Sailing to Byzantium” is written in ottava rima. nonsense verse. See page 1115. See page 957. See also IAMBIC PENTAMETER, RHYME SCHEME, STANZA.
Novel A book-length fictional prose narrative having a Oxymoron A figure of speech in which opposite ideas plot, characters, setting, and a theme. A short novel is are combined. Examples are “bright darkness,” “wise often called a novella. fool,” and “hateful love.” Milton’s description of hell in LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK See pages 964–965. Paradise Lost as “darkness visible” is an example of an See also FICTION, PLOT, SHORT STORY. oxymoron. See page 1201. Novel of manners A realistic work that deals with the See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, PARADOX. conventions and values of a particular society or social class, such as those depicted in Jane Austen’s novels of nineteenth-century English country life. P–Q Parable A simple story pointing to a moral or religious O lesson. It differs from a fable in that the characters are people instead of animals. Octave The first eight lines of a Petrarchan, or Italian, See page 1057. sonnet. The octave usually presents a situation, an idea, See also FABLE, MORAL. or a question. See also SONNET. Paradox A situation or statement that seems to be impossible or contradictory but is nevertheless true, liter- Octet A group of eight lines in a poem. ally or figuratively. The fifth line of Elizabeth I’s poem “On Monsieur’s Departure” contains two paradoxes: Ode A serious lyric poem, dignified and sincere in tone I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, and style. Some odes celebrate a person, an event, or even a power; others are more private meditations. A Horatian See page 470. ode, named for the Roman poet Horace, has a regular See also OXYMORON. stanza pattern and rhyme scheme. An irregular ode has Parallelism The use of a series of words, phrases, or no set rhyme scheme or stanza pattern. John Keats’s “Ode sentences that have similar grammatical form. Parallelism on a Grecian Urn” is considered a Horatian ode. shows the relationship between ideas and helps empha- See page 871. size thoughts. Johnson’s letter to Lord Chesterfield con- See also LYRIC POETRY. tains parallelism: Onomatopoeia The use of a word or phrase that imi- I have been pushing on my work through tates or suggests the sound of what it describes. The words diffi culties of which it is useless to complain and mew, crack, swish, hiss, caw, and buzz are onomatopoeic have brought it at last to the verge of publication words. “The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves,” is without one act of assistance, one word of an example of an onomatopoeic line from Keats’s “Ode to encouragement, or one smile of favor. a Nightingale,” evoking the sound of flies. See pages 284, 422. See also REPETITION. See pages 876, 957. See also SOUND DEVICES.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 12 7/10/06 8:19:11 AM Parody A humorous imitation of a literary work that Persuasion Writing, usually nonfiction, that attempts HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS aims to point out the work’s shortcomings. A parody may to convince readers to think or act in a particular way. imitate the plot, characters, or style of another work, usu- Writers of persuasive works use appeals to logic or emo- ally through exaggeration. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” is tion and other techniques to sway their readers. Mary a parody of Renaissance love poetry. Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is See page 575. an excellent example of persuasive writing. See also COMEDY, FARCE, HUMOR, SATIRE. See also ARGUMENT.
Pastoral Poetry that idealizes the simple lives of shep- Petrarchan sonnet See SONNET. herds in a rural setting. Pastoral poems often exaggerate the rural pleasures and the innocence of country people living Play See DRAMA. in harmony with nature. An example of pastoral poetry is Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Plot The sequence of events in a short story, novel, or drama. Most plots deal with a problem and develop See page 276. around a conflict, a struggle between opposing forces. Pathetic fallacy The attribution of human thoughts The plot begins with exposition, which introduces the and emotions to nature or to nonhuman objects or ani- story’s characters, setting, and situation. The rising action mals. In “The Tyger,” William Blake speaks of the stars as adds complications to the conflicts, or problems, leading if they were capable of human feeling: to the climax, or crisis, the point of highest emotional pitch. The climax gives way rapidly to its logical result in When the stars threw down their spears the falling action and finally to the resolution (some- And watered heaven with their tears times called the dénouement), in which the final out- The pathetic fallacy is a type of personification but refers come is revealed. specifically to feelings, not to all human qualities. See page 369. See also PERSONIFICATION. See also CONFLICT.
Pentameter A metrical line of five feet. Poetry A form of literary expression that differs from See also BLANK VERSE, FOOT, METER. prose in emphasizing the line, rather than the sentence, as the unit of composition. Many other traditional charac- Persona The person created by the author to tell a teristics of poetry apply to some poems but not to others. story. Whether the story is told by an omniscient narrator Some of these characteristics are emotional, imaginative or by one of the characters, the author of the work often language; use of metaphor, simile, and other figures of adopts a persona—a personality different from his or her speech; division into stanzas; and the use of rhyme and real one. The attitudes and beliefs of the persona may regular patterns of meter. not be the same as those of the author. Jonathan Swift is See also FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, FREE VERSE, METER, PROSE, the author of Gulliver’s Travels; however, the first-person RHYME, STANZA. narrator, Lemuel Gulliver, is the voice through which Swift chose to tell his story. Point of view The standpoint from which a story is See also NARRATOR, POINT OF VIEW. told. In a story with first-person point of view, the narra- tor is a character in the story and uses the words I and Personification A figure of speech in which an animal, me, as in James Joyce’s “Araby.” In a story told from an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human third-person point of view, the narrator is someone who characteristics. Yeats personifies love in these lines from stands outside the story and describes the characters and “When You Are Old”: action, as in D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fl ed Winner.” Third-person omniscient, or all-knowing point And paced upon the mountains overhead of view, means that the narrator knows everything about And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. the characters and events and may reveal details that the See pages 517, 1268. characters themselves could not reveal. If the narrator See also APOSTROPHE, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, PATHETIC FALLACY. describes events as only one character perceives them, as in Elizabeth Bowen’s “The Demon Lover,” the point of
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 13 7/10/06 8:19:19 AM view is called third-person limited. An objective point of Psalm A song of praise most commonly found in the view is that of a narrator who presents a story in a com- biblical book of Psalms. David, king of Israel around pletely impersonal way, describing only external aspects 1000 b.c., wrote many of these psalms. Occasionally a of characters and events and never directly referring to modern poet will title his or her poem a psalm. thoughts or emotions. See page 421. See pages 276, 777, 976, 1345. See also NARRATOR, SPEAKER. Pun A humorous use of words that are similar in sound (merry and marry) or of a word with several meanings. In Postmodernism A broad contemporary movement in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when Mercutio is fatally art, music, film, literature, and other cultural areas that is wounded, he says, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall viewed as growing out of or replacing Modernism. Many find me a grave man,” meaning both “serious” and “dead.” of the characteristic features of postmodernist literature extend or exaggerate tendencies of Modernism. For Puritan writing The work of early seventeenth-century example, Modernist writers turned away from the appar- writers who supported the Puritan cause. John Milton and ent objectivity of Realism; postmodernists go further, John Bunyan were two major Puritan writers. LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK introducing a frankly artificial, self-conscious playfulness See pages 508–509. into their works. See also MODERNISM. Quatrain A stanza of four lines. See also BALLAD STANZA, COUPLET, HEROIC STANZA, SESTET, Prologue An introductory section of a play, a speech, STANZA. or another literary work. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales contains a long prologue. R See also EPILOGUE. Rationalism A philosophy that values reason over feel- Propaganda Written or spoken material designed to ing or imagination. It was most influential during the bring about a change or to damage a cause through use Neoclassical period. of emotionally charged words, name-calling, or other See also NEOCLASSICISM, ROMANTICISM. techniques. See page 1173. Realism A literary movement first prominent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Realism seeks Props A theater term (a shortened form of properties) to portray life as it is really lived. Realistic fiction often for articles used in a stage play or movie or television set. focuses on middle- or working-class conditions and char- See also DRAMA. acters, often with reformist intent. Charles Dickens was a Realist writer. Prose Written language that is not versified. Novels, See pages 916–917. short stories, and essays are usually written in prose. See also NATURALISM. See also POETRY. Refrain A line or lines repeated regularly, usually in a Protagonist The central character in a literary work, poem or song. In Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle around whom the main conflict revolves. Generally, the into That Good Night,” the line “Rage, rage against the audience is meant to sympathize with the protagonist. dying of the light” serves as a refrain. See page 1075. See also REPETITION. See also ANTAGONIST, CONFLICT, HERO, PLOT. Regionalism An emphasis on themes, characters, cus- Proverb A saying that expresses some truth about life toms, and settings of a particular geographical region. or contains some bit of popular wisdom such as “faint Thomas Hardy wrote regional novels set in southwest heart never won fair lady,” “marry in haste, repent at England. leisure,” or “out of sight, out of mind.” See also DIALECT, VERNACULAR. See also APHORISM, EPIGRAM.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 14 7/10/06 8:19:28 AM Repetition The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, Rhythm The pattern of beats created by the arrange- HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS lines, or stanzas in a speech or literary work. Repetition ment of stressed and unstressed syllables, especially in increases the sense of unity in a work and can draw poetry. Rhythm gives poetry a musical quality, can add attention to particular ideas. emphasis to certain words, and may help convey the See pages 871, 940. poem’s meaning. Rhythm can be regular, with a predict- See also PARALLELISM, REFRAIN. able pattern or meter, or irregular. Note the regular rhythm in the following lines from A. E. Housman’s “To Renaissance A word meaning “rebirth.” The Renaissance an Athlete Dying Young”: in Europe marked a transition from the medieval period to ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ the modern world. The height of the English Renaissance The time you won your town the race ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ occurred in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centu- We chaired you through the market-place; ries, when William Shakespeare was active. See page 923. See also IAMBIC PENTAMETER, METER, SCANSION, SPRUNG Resolution See PLOT. RHYTHM. Restoration Age The short period immediately follow- Rising action See PLOT. ing the restoration of the Stuarts to the throne in 1660. The age is marked by the return of drama to the English stage. Romance Historically, a term used to describe long nar- rative works about the exploits and love affairs of chivalric Rhetoric The art of using language—often in public heroes such as King Arthur and Sir Lancelot. The term speaking—to present facts and ideas in order to persuade. romance can also be applied to any story that involves Rhetorical devices are techniques writers use to manipu- noble heroes, idealized love, or fantastic events that seem late language for effect or to evoke an emotional response remote from everyday life. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte in the reader. These may include repetition, parallelism, d’Arthur is a romance. analogy, logic, and the skillful use of connotation and anec- dote. Effective rhetoric often appeals to logic, emotion, See pages 16–17. morality, or authority. A rhetorical question is a question See also LEGEND. to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious. Romanticism An artistic movement that began in See pages 871, 1167. Europe and valued imagination and feeling over intellect See also ANALOGY, ANECDOTE, ARGUMENT, CONNOTATION, and reason. The works of William Wordsworth, Coleridge, PARALLELISM, REPETITION. Byron, and Keats represent the height of Romantic poetry. This time period corresponds to Unit Four in Rhyme The repetition of the same stressed vowel this text. sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words. End rhyme occurs at the ends of lines of poetry. Round character See CHARACTER. Internal rhyme occurs within a single line. See also RHYME SCHEME, SLANT RHYME. Run-on line See ENJAMBMENT.
Rhyme scheme The pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or a poem. Rhyme scheme is designated by the S assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each Sarcasm The use of bitter or caustic language to point new rhyme. The rhyme scheme of the following lines out shortcomings or flaws. from Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” is abab: See also IRONY, SATIRE. “ Had he and I but met a By some old ancient inn, b Satire Writing that exposes to ridicule the vices or follies We should have sat us down to wet a of people or societies through devices such as hyperbole, Right many a nipperkin! b understatement, and irony. The purpose of satire may be See pages 266, 450, 723, 863, 1107. to reform or to entertain. Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a See also RHYME. famous satirical essay whose purpose was to reform England’s policy toward Ireland.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 15 7/10/06 8:19:37 AM See pages 565, 991. Shakespearean sonnet See SONNET. See also COMEDY, HYPERBOLE, IRONY, PARODY, UNDERSTATEMENT, WIT. Short story A brief fictional narrative that generally includes the following major elements: setting, characters, Scansion The analysis of the meter of a line of verse. plot, point of view, and theme. To scan a line of poetry means to note the stressed and See pages 1066–1067. unstressed syllables and to divide the line into its feet, or See also FICTION, NOVEL, PLOT. rhythmic units. Stressed syllables are marked ( ) and unstressed syllables (˘). Note the scansion of these lines Simile A figure of speech that uses like or as to com- from Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty”: pare seemingly unlike things. In the following example ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ from Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress,” the poet She walks / in beau / ty, like / the night compares his love’s complexion to dew: ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Of cloud / less climes / and star / ry skies; . . . Now, therefore, while the youthful hue Since each line has four feet and the rhythm is iambic, Sits on thy skin like morning dew, the lines can be described as iambic tetrameter. See pages 294, 298, 843. LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK See also FOOT, METER, RHYTHM. See also ANALOGY, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, METAPHOR.
Scene A subdivision of an act in a play. A scene is Slant rhyme An approximate rhyme occurring when shorter than an act. words include sounds that are similar but not identical See also ACT, DRAMA. (jackal and buckle). Slant rhyme typically involves some variation of consonance (the repetition of similar conso- Science fiction Fiction that deals with the impact of sci- nant sounds) or assonance (the repetition of similar vowel ence and technology—real or imagined—on society and sounds). In “Follower,” Seamus Heaney features slant on individuals. Sometimes occurring in the future, science rhyme in word pairs such as sock/pluck and plow/furrow. fiction commonly portrays space travel, exploration of See page 1259. other planets, and possible future societies. See also RHYME.
Sensory details See IMAGERY. Soliloquy In drama, a long speech by a character who is alone on stage. A soliloquy reveals the private thoughts and Septet A stanza of seven lines. emotions of that character. In Act 3, scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth delivers a soliloquy that begins Sestet A six-line stanza. To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus— See also SONNET. Our fears in Banquo stick deep, . . . Setting The time and place in which the events of a lit- See page 305. erary work occur. Setting includes not only the physical See also ASIDE, DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, MONOLOGUE. surroundings but also the ideas, customs, values, and Sonnet A lyric poem of fourteen lines, typically written in beliefs of a particular time and place. Setting often helps iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of create an atmosphere or a mood. Setting plays an impor- stanza divisions and rhymes. The Shakespearean, or tant part in Lessing’s “A Mild Attack of Locusts.” English, sonnet consists of three quatrains, or four-line See page 1296. stanzas, followed by a couplet, or pair of rhyming lines. See also ATMOSPHERE, MOOD. The rhyme scheme is typically abab, cdcd, efef, gg. The couplet often presents a conclusion to the issues or ques- Shakespearean songs Shakespeare used songs in his tions presented in the three quatrains. Like a plays to heighten the drama, making what is merry mer- Shakespearean sonnet, the Spenserian sonnet has three rier or what is sad sadder. His plays include love songs, quatrains and a couplet, but it follows the rhyme scheme nonsense songs, and dirges, songs that mourn a death. abab bcbc cdcd ee. This interlocking rhyme scheme See page 301. pushes the sonnet toward the final couplet, which makes a key point or comment. In the Petrarchan, or Italian,
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 16 7/10/06 8:19:46 AM sonnet, fourteen lines are divided into two stanzas, the Stage directions Instructions written by a playwright to HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS eight-line octave and the six-line sestet. The sestet usually describe the appearance and actions of characters, as well responds to a question or situation posed by the octave. as the sets, costumes, and lighting. The rhyme scheme for the octave is typically abbaabba; See also DRAMA. for the sestet, the rhyme scheme is typically cdecde. See pages 252–253. Stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a poem or See also COUPLET, LYRIC POETRY, RHYME SCHEME, STANZA. song. A stanza in a poem is similar to a paragraph in prose. Typically, stanzas in a poem are separated by a Sonnet sequence A series of sonnets focused on a line of space. particular theme. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets See page 760. from the Portuguese is a sonnet sequence. See also BALLAD STANZA, COUPLET, HEROIC STANZA, QUATRAIN, See also SONNET. SONNET, SPENSERIAN STANZA.
Sound devices Techniques used, especially in poetry, Static character See CHARACTER. to appeal to the ear. Writers use sound devices to enhance the sense of rhythm, to emphasize particular Stereotype A character who is not developed as an indi- sounds, or to add a musical quality to their work. vidual but instead represents a collection of traits and man- See pages 276, 876, 1328. nerisms supposedly shared by all members of a group. See also ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE, CONSONANCE, See also CHARACTER. ONOMATOPOEIA, RHYME. Stream of consciousness The literary representation of Speaker The person who is speaking in a poem, similar a character’s free-flowing thoughts, feelings, and memories. to a narrator in a work of prose. Sometimes the speaker’s Stream-of-consciousness writing does not always employ voice is that of the poet, sometimes that of a fictional per- conventional sentence structure or other rules of grammar son or even a thing. The speaker’s words communicate a and usage. Virginia Woolf and James Joyce often used particular tone, or attitude, toward the subject of the stream of consciousness in their works. poem. One should never assume that the speaker and See page 1156. the writer are identical, however. For example, the speaker in “My Last Duchess” is not the poet, Robert Structure The particular order or pattern a writer uses Browning. to present ideas. Narratives commonly follow a chrono- See pages 280, 1243. logical order, while the structure of persuasive or expos- See also DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, NARRATOR, TONE. itory writing may vary. Listing detailed information, using cause and effect, or describing a problem and Spenserian stanza A nine-line poetic stanza composed then offering a solution are some other ways a writer of eight lines of iambic pentameter and one of iambic hex- can present a topic. The structure of The Canterbury ameter, with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc. Byron used Tales allowed Chaucer to represent a wide variety of this stanza in “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.” characters and social classes. See also IAMBIC PENTAMETER, METER. See pages 255, 565, 1062, 1110. See also FORM. Spondee A metrical foot of two stressed syllables. See also FOOT, METER. Style The expressive qualities that distinguish an author’s work, including word choice and the length and arrange- Sprung rhythm A kind of irregular rhythm in which ment of sentences, as well as the use of figurative language each foot has one stressed syllable, usually the first, and a and imagery. Style can reveal an author’s attitude and pur- varied number of unstressed syllables. Gerard Manley pose in writing. Hopkins, who invented the term and the technique, See pages 415, 615, 668, 940, 1118. believed this to be the rhythm of natural speech. See also AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, DICTION, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, See page 952. IMAGERY, TONE. See also METER, RHYTHM.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 17 7/10/06 8:19:55 AM Subject The topic of a literary work. Theater of the absurd Drama, primarily of the 1950s and 1960s, that presents a series of scenes in which the Suspense A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even characters—often confused and anxious—exist in a mean- dread about what is going to happen next in a story. ingless world. Harold Pinter is a leading English dramatist Writers increase the level of suspense by creating a threat of absurdist and other plays. to the central character and raising questions in a reader’s See pages 1272, 1276–1277. mind about the outcome of a conflict. Suspense is espe- See also DRAMA. cially important in the plot of an adventure or a mystery story. Anita Desai builds suspense in “Games at Twilight” Theme The message of a story, poem, novel, or play. as the young boy waits to be discovered in the shed. Some works have a stated theme, which the author See also PROTAGONIST. expresses directly. More commonly, works have an implied theme, which is revealed gradually through events, dia- Symbol Any object, person, place, or experience that logues, or description. A literary work may have more than exists on a literal level but also represents something else, one theme. Some themes are universal, meaning that they usually something abstract. The lamb is a symbol of inno- are widely held ideas about life. Themes and subjects are LITERARY TERMSLITERARY HANDBOOK cence in Blake’s “The Lamb.” different. The subject of a work might be love; the theme See pages 755, 1078, 1146, 1302. would be what the writer says about love—for example, See also ALLEGORY, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. love is cruel; love is wonderful; love is fleeting. See pages 74, 301, 305, 436, 438, 575, 1285. Symbolist poetry A kind of poetry that emphasizes sug- See also AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, MORAL. gestion and inward experience instead of explicit descrip- tion. Originating in France in the late 1800s, the symbolist Thesis The main idea of a work of nonfiction. The thesis poets influenced twentieth-century writers such as William may be stated directly or implied. The thesis of Francis Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Bacon’s “Of Studies” is that books have multiple uses and See also MODERNISM. readers have multiple needs and capabilities. See pages 726, 1086. Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a part is used See also NONFICTION. for the whole or a whole is used for a part. In this line from the book of Revelation in the Bible, “All nations, and kin- Third-person point of view See POINT OF VIEW. dreds, and people, and tongues,” tongues (a part) is used for the whole (languages). Title The name given to a literary work. The title can See also METONYMY. help explain the setting, provide insight into the theme, or describe the action that will take place in the work. T See pages 1094, 1293. Tercet A stanza of three rhyming lines. Tone An author’s attitude toward his or her subject mat- See also STANZA. ter or the audience. Tone is conveyed through elements such as word choice, punctuation, sentence structure, and Terza rima A verse form consisting of a sequence of figures of speech. A writer’s tone might convey a variety interlocking three-line stanzas, or tercets. The first and of attitudes such as sympathy, amusement, or superiority. third lines of the first stanza rhyme, and the second line The tone of Thomas Hardy’s “Ah, Are You Digging on My provides the rhyme for the first and third lines of the next Grave?” is one of bittersweet humor. stanza, forming the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, and so See pages 116, 255, 263, 301, 561, 656, 931, 1150. on. The beginning of Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” See also AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, NARRATOR, SPEAKER, STYLE, (page 854) illustrates terza rima. VOICE. See page 863. Tragedy A play in which a main character suffers a down- Tetrameter A metrical line of four feet. fall. That character, the tragic hero, is typically a person of dignified or heroic stature. The downfall may result from See also FOOT, METER.
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R001-R019 EM-845482.indd 18 7/10/06 8:20:04 AM outside forces or from a weakness within the character, Verse paragraph A group of lines in a poem that form HANDBOOK LITERARY TERMS which is known as a tragic flaw. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a unit. Unlike a stanza, a verse paragraph does not have a Macbeth’s tragic flaw is excessive ambition. fixed number of lines. While poems written before the See page 388. twentieth century usually contain stanzas, many contem- See also DRAMA, HERO, HUBRIS. porary poems are made up of verse paragraphs. Verse paragraphs help to organize a poem into thoughts, as Tragic hero See TRAGEDY. paragraphs help to organize prose. See page 1098. Trimeter A metrical line of three feet. See also STANZA. See also FOOT, METER. Villanelle A nineteen-line poem divided into five ter- Trochee A metrical foot made up of one stressed cets, or stanzas of three lines, each with the rhyme and one unstressed syllable. The line below, from scheme aba, and a final quatrain with the rhyme scheme Shakespeare’s Macbeth, has four trochees and can be abaa. The first line is repeated as a refrain at the end of described as trochaic tetrameter. the second and fourth stanzas. The last line of the first ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ stanza is repeated at the end of the third and fifth stan- Double, / double, / toil and / trouble; zas. Both lines reappear as the final two lines of the See also FOOT, METER. poem. This six-stanza form was originally used in French pastoral poetry. Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That U–W Good Night” is a villanelle. Understatement Language that makes something See page 1206. See also QUATRAIN, REFRAIN, STANZA. seem less important than it really is. Understatement may be used to add humor or to focus the reader’s attention Voice The distinctive use of language that conveys the on something the author wants to emphasize. author’s or narrator’s personality to the reader. Voice is See also HYPERBOLE. determined by elements of style such as word choice and tone. Vernacular Ordinary speech of a particular country or See pages 649, 1279. region. Vernacular is more casual than cultivated, formal See also AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, DICTION, NARRATOR, STYLE, speech. Slang, dialect, and idiom are commonly included TONE. as part of the vernacular. Writers often employ vernacular to enhance the realism of their narrative or dialogue. The Wit An exhibition of cleverness and humor. Jonathan narrator in Penelope Lively’s story “At the Pitt-Rivers” uses Swift, Alexander Pope, and Lewis Carroll are authors vernacular. famous for their wit. See page 1247. See page 743. See also DIALECT, IDIOM, REGIONALISM. See also COMEDY, HUMOR, SATIRE.
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The Reading Process Being an active reader is a crucial part of being a lifelong learner. It is also an ongoing task. Good reading skills are recursive; that is, they build on each other, providing the tools you’ll need to understand text, to connect selections to your own life, to interpret ideas and themes, and to read critically.
Vocabulary Development To develop a rich vocabulary, consider these four impor- Also consider word origins—Latin, Greek, and Anglo- tant steps: Saxon roots—that are the basis for much of English • Read a wide variety of texts. vocabulary. Knowing these roots can help you deter- • Enjoy and engage in wordplay and word investigation. mine derivations and spellings, as well as meanings in English. • Listen carefully to how others use words. • Participate regularly in good classroom discussions. Using reference materials When using context and analyzing word parts do not Using context to discover meaning help to unlock the meaning of a word, go to a reference When you look at the words and sentences surrounding source such as a dictionary, a glossary, a thesaurus, or a new word, you are using context. Look before, at, and even the Internet. Use these tips: after a new word or phrase. Connect what you know • Locate a word by using the guide words at the top with what an author has written. Then guess at a possible of the pages. meaning. Try again if your guess does not make sense. Consider these strategies for using context: • Look at the parts of the reference entry, such as part of speech, definition, or synonym. • Look for a synonym or an antonym nearby to provide a clue to the word’s meaning. • Choose between multiple meanings by thinking about what makes sense. • Notice if the text relates the word’s meaning to another word. • Apply the meaning to what you’re reading. • Check for a description of an action associated with Distinguishing between meanings the word. Determining subtle differences between word meanings • Try to find a general topic or idea related to the word. also aids comprehension. Denotation refers to the dic- tionary meaning or meanings of a word. Connotation Using word parts and word origins refers to an emotion or underlying value that accompa- Consider these basic elements when taking a word apart nies a word’s dictionary meaning. The word fragrance to determine meaning: has a different connotation from the word odor, even • Base words Locate the most basic part of a word though the denotation of both words is “smell.” to predict a core meaning. • Prefixes Look at syllables attached before a base that add to or change a meaning. • Suffixes Look at syllables added to the end of a base word that create new meanings.
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Comprehension Strategies EADI Because understanding is the most critical reading task, modify or change your reading strategies when you don’t
lifelong learners use a variety of reading strategies before, understand what you’ve read: NG HAN during, and after reading to ensure their comprehension. • Reread the passage. • Consult other sources, including text resources, Establishing and adjusting purposes teachers, and other students.
for reading DBOOK • Write comments or questions on another piece of To establish a purpose for reading, preview or skim a paper for later review or discussion. selection by glancing quickly over the entire piece, read- ing headings and subheadings, and noticing the organiza- Constructing graphic organizers tional pattern of the text. Graphic organizers, such as charts, maps, and diagrams, If you are reading to learn, solve a problem, or perform a help you construct ideas in a visual way so you can task involving complex directions, consider these tips: remember them later. Look at the following model. Like a • Read slowly and carefully. Venn diagram, which compares and contrasts two ideas • Reread difficult passages. or characters, a semantic features analysis focuses on • Take careful notes or construct a graphic. the discriminating features of ideas or words. The items or ideas you want to compare are listed down the side, Adjust your strategies as your purpose changes. To locate and the discriminating features are listed across the top. In specific information in a longer selection, or to enjoy an each box use a + if the feature or characteristic applies to entertaining plot, you might allow yourself a faster pace. the item or a – if the feature or characteristic does not Know when to speed up or slow down to maintain your apply. understanding.
Drawing on personal background People in Passes Vetoes When you recall information and personal experiences Government Elected Appointed Laws Laws that are uniquely your own, you draw on your personal President + – – + background. By thus activating prior know ledge, and State +––+ combining it with the words on a page, you create mean- Governor ing in a selection. To expand and extend your prior Supreme –+–– knowledge, share it interactively in classroom discussions. Court Justice Monitoring and modifying reading strategies Secretary of –+–– Check or monitor your understanding as you read, Defense using the following strategies: • Summarize • Clarify A flowchart helps you keep track of the sequence of events. Arrange ideas or events in a logical, sequential • Question order. Then draw arrows between your ideas to indicate • Predict what will come next how one idea or event flows into another. Look at the fol- You can use these four important steps once or twice in lowing flowchart to see how you might show the chrono- an easy, entertaining passage or after every paragraph in logical sequence of a story. Use a flowchart to make a a conceptually dense nonfiction selection. As you read, change frame, recording causes and effects in sequence think about asking interesting questions, rather than pas- to illustrate how something changed. sively waiting to answer questions your teacher may ask later. All readers find that understanding sometimes breaks down when material is difficult. Consider these steps to
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RR020-R025020-R025 EMRHB-845482.inddEMRHB-845482.indd 2121 77/10/06/10/06 8:31:378:31:37 AMAM A web can be used for a variety of purposes as you read you interpret direction, symbols, and size. Charts and a selection. graphs compare information in categories running hori- • To map out the main idea and details of a selection, zontally and vertically.
DBOOK put the main idea in the middle circle and, as you read, add supporting details around the main thought. • To analyze a character in a story, put the charac- Tips for Reading Graphic Aids ter’s name in the middle and add that character’s • Examine the title, labels, and other explanatory
NG HAN actions, thoughts, reputation, plot involvement, and features. personal development in the surrounding circles. • Apply the labels to the graphic aid. • To define a concept, put a word or an idea in the
EADI • Interpret the information.
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informational text, writers may embed one structure St. Louis Timber Sawmills Shipping within another, but it is usually possible to identify one Prairie Iron/steel Canal Mo. main pattern of organization. Recognizing the pattern of Railroad organization can help you discover the writer’s purpose and will focus your attention on the important ideas in the selection. Look for signal words to point you to the structure. Daily Consumption of Vegetable Protein • Chronological order often uses words such as first, 80 then, after, later, and finally. 70 • Cause-and-effect order can include words or 60 phrases such as therefore, because, subsequently, or 50 as a result of. 40 30
• Comparison-contrast order may use words or Grams per person 20 phrases such as similarly, in contrast, likewise, or on 10 the other hand. 0 North Latin East Africa Middle Interpreting graphic aids America America Asia East Graphic aids provide an opportunity to see and analyze The height of the Each bar represents information at a glance. Charts, tables, maps, and dia- bar represents the a different region. grams allow you to analyze and compare information. amount of vegetable Maps include a compass rose, legend, and scale to help protein consumed.
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The order in which thoughts are arranged is called a When you read for long periods of time, your task is to ADI sequence. A good sequence is one that is logical, given avoid distractions. Check your comprehension regularly the ideas in a selection. Chronological order, spatial by summarizing what you’ve read so far. Using study NG HAN order, and order of importance are common forms of guides or graphic organizers can help get you through sequencing. Think about the order of a writer’s thoughts difficult passages. Take regular breaks when you need as you read and pay particular attention to sequence them and vary your reading rate with the demands of the
when following complex written directions. task. DBOOK
Summarizing Synthesizing information A summary is a short restatement of the main ideas and You will often need to read across texts; that is, in differ- important details of a selection. Summarizing what you ent sources, combining or synthesizing what you’ve have read is an excellent tool for understanding and learned from varied sources to suit your purposes. Follow remembering a passage. these suggestions: • Understand the information you’ve read in each Tips for Summarizing source. • Identify the main ideas or most important thoughts • Interpret the information. within a selection. • Identify similarities and differences in ideas or logic. • Determine the essential supporting details. • Combine like thoughts in a logical sequence. • Relate all the main ideas and the essential details in a logical sequence. Literary Response • Paraphrase — that is, use your own words. • Answer who, what, why, where, and when ques- Whenever you share your thoughts and feelings about tions when you summarize. something you’ve read, you are responding to text. While the way you respond may vary with the type of text you read and with your individual learning style, as a strategic reader you will always need to adequately support your The best summaries can easily be understood by some- responses with proof from the text. one who has not read the selection. If you’re not sure whether an idea is a main idea or a detail, try taking it Responding to informational and out of your summary. Does your summary still sound aesthetic elements complete? When you respond both intellectually and emotionally, Drawing inferences and supporting them you connect yourself with a writer and with other people. An inference involves using your reason and experience To respond in an intellectual way, ask yourself if the ideas to come up with an idea based on what a writer implies you have read are logical and well supported. To respond or suggests but does not directly state. The following stra- emotionally, ask yourself how you feel about those ideas tegic reading behaviors are examples of inference: and events. Choose a way to respond that fits your learn- • Making a prediction is taking an educated guess ing style. Class discussions, journal entries, oral interpreta- about what a text will be about based on initial clues tions, enactments, and graphic displays are some of the a writer provides. many ways to share your thoughts and emotions about a writer’s work. • Drawing a conclusion is making a general statement you can explain with reason or with supporting details from a text. • Making a generalization is generating a statement that can apply to more than one item or group. What is most important when inferring is to be sure that you have accurately based your thoughts on supporting details from the text as well as on your own knowledge.
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RR020-R025020-R025 EMRHB-845482.inddEMRHB-845482.indd 2323 77/10/06/10/06 8:31:588:31:58 AMAM Comparing responses with Evaluating the credibility of sources authoritative views Evaluating the credibility of a source involves making a Critics’ reviews may encourage you to read a book, see a judgment about whether a writer is knowledgeable and movie, or attend an event. They may also warn you that truthful. Consider the following steps: whatever is reviewed is not acceptable entertainment or • Decide on the writer’s purpose or motive. What is not valued by the reviewer. Deciding whether to value will the writer gain if you accept his or her ideas or if a review depends on the credibility of the reviewer and you act on his or her suggestions? also on your own personal views and feelings. Ask your- • Investigate the writer’s background. How has the self the following questions: writer become an authority in his or her field? Do • What is the reviewer’s background? others value what he or she says?
READING HANDBOOK • What qualifies the reviewer to write this evaluation? • Evaluate the writer’s statements. Is the writer’s • Is the review balanced? Does it include both positive information factual? Can it be proved? Are opinions and negative responses? clearly stated as such? Are they adequately supported • Are arguments presented logically? with details so that they are valid? Are any statements • Are opinions supported with facts? nonfactual? Check to be sure. • What bias does this reviewer show? Analyzing logical arguments and modes • Do I agree? Why or why not? of reasoning When you analyze works you’ve read, ask yourself Analysis and Evaluation whether the reasoning behind a writer’s works is logical. Two kinds of logical reasoning are Good readers want to do more than recall information or Inductive Reasoning By observing a limited number of interpret thoughts and ideas. When you read, read criti- particular cases, a reader arrives at a general or universal cally, forming opinions about characters and ideas, and statement. This logic moves from the specific to the general. making judgments using your own prior knowledge and information from the text. Case 1 Analyzing characteristics of texts To be a critical reader and thinker, start by analyzing the Case 2 General Statement characteristics of the text. Think about what specific char- acteristics make a particular selection clear, concise, and Case 3 complete. Ask yourself these questions: • What pattern of organization has this writer used Deductive Reasoning This logic moves from the general to present his or her thoughts? Cause/effect? to the specific. The reader takes a general statement and, Comparison/contrast? Problem/solution? Does this through reasoning, applies it to specific situations. organization make the main ideas clear or vague? Why? Situation 1 • What word order, or syntax, gives force and empha- sis to this writer’s ideas? Does the grammatical order General Statement Situation 2 of the words make ideas sound complete, or is the sentence structure confusing? Situation 3 • What word choices reveal this writer’s tone, or atti- tude about the topic? Is the language precise or too general? Is it economical and yet descriptive?
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RR020-R025020-R025 EMRHB-845482.inddEMRHB-845482.indd 2424 22/9/07/9/07 8:27:378:27:37 AMAM Faulty reasoning, on the other hand, is vague and illogical. HANDBOOK READING Look for either/or reasoning or oversimplified statements when analyzing faulty reasoning. Failure to understand a writer’s work may be the result of poorly presented, unsup- ported arguments, sequenced in a haphazard way. A writer shows bias when he or she demonstrates a strong personal, and sometimes unreasonable, opinion. Look for bias when evaluating editorials, documentaries, and advertisements. Writers use persuasive techniques when they try to get readers to believe a certain thing or act in a particular way. A writer may have a strong personal bias and still compose a persuasive essay that is logical and well sup- ported. On the other hand, deceptive arguments can be less than accurate in order to be persuasive. Read care- fully to judge whether a writer’s bias influences his or her writing in negative or positive ways.
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Reading and Thinking with Foldables™ S by Dinah Zike, M.Ed., Creator of Foldables™
Using Foldables™ Makes Learning Easy and Enjoyable Anyone who has paper, scissors, and a stapler or some glue can use Foldables in the classroom. Just follow the illustrated step-by-step directions. Check out the following sample:
Reading Objective: to understand how one character’s actions S affect other characters in a short story Use this Foldable to keep track of what the main character does and how his or Practice reading and following step- her actions affect the other characters. by-step directions.
1. Place a sheet of paper in front of you so that the short side Main Effects character’s on is at the top. Fold the paper in half from top to bottom. actions others Illustrations make directions easier 2. Fold in half again, from side to side, to divide the paper into to follow. two columns. Unfold the paper so that the two columns show. 3. Draw a line along the column crease. Then, through the top layer of paper, cut along the line you drew, forming two tabs. Become an active reader, tracking and 4. Label the tabs Main character’s actions and Effects on others. reorganizing information so that you can better 5. As you read, record the main character’s actions under the fi rst tab. Record comprehend the how each of those actions affects other characters under the second tab. selection.
Short Story 1 Reading Objective: to analyze a short story on the basis of its literary S elements As you read, use the following Foldable to keep track of fi ve literary elements in the short story. 1. Stack three sheets of paper with their top edges about a half-inch apart. Be sure to keep the side edges straight. 2 2. Fold up the bottom edges of the paper to form six tabs, fi ve of which will be the same size. 3. Crease the paper to hold the tabs in place and staple the sheets together along the crease. 4. Turn the sheets so that the stapled side is at the top. Write the title of the story on the top 3 4 5 tab. Label the fi ve remaining tabs Setting, Characters, Plot, Point of View, and Theme. , , Story Title 5. Use your Foldable as you read the short story. Under each labeled tab, jot down notes Setting Characters about the story in terms of that element. Plot Point of View Theme
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Drama
Reading Objective: to understand confl ict and plot in a drama S As you read the drama, use the following Foldable to keep track of confl icts that arise and ways that those confl icts are resolved. 1 1. Place a sheet of paper in front of you so that the short side is at the top. S Fold the paper in half from side to side. a 2. Fold the paper again, one inch from the top as shown here. 3. Unfold the paper and draw lines along all of the folds. This will be your chart. 4. At the top, label the left column Confl icts and the right column Resolutions. 5. As you read, record in the left column the various confl icts that arise in the 2 drama. In the right column, explain how each confl ict is resolved by the end of the drama.
You may adapt this simple Foldable in several ways. ■ Use it with short stories, longer works of fi ction, and many poems—wherever R flicts esolu confl icts and their resolutions are important. 3 , 4 , 5 Con tions ■ Change the labels to focus on something different. For example, you could record the actions of two characters, or you could record the thoughts and feelings of a character before and after the story’s climax.
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Reading Objective: to interpret the poet’s message by understanding S the speaker’s thoughts and feelings
FOLDABLES™ As you read the poem, use the following Foldable to help you distinguish between what the speaker says and what the poet means. 1 1. Place a sheet of paper in front of you so that the short side is at the top. Fold the paper in half from top to bottom. 2. Fold the paper in half again from left to right. 3. Unfold and cut through the top layer of paper along the fold line. This will make 2 two tabs. 4. Label the left tab Speaker’s Words. Label the right tab Poet’s Meaning. 5. Use your Foldable to jot down notes on as you read the poem. Under the left tab, write down key things the speaker says. Under the right tab, write down what you 3 think the poet means by having the speaker say those things.
You may adapt this simple Foldable in several ways. 4 Speaker's Poet's ■ Use it to help you visualize the images in a poem. Just replace Speaker’s Words Words Meaning with Imagery and replace Poet’s Meaning with What I See. ■ Replace the label Speaker’s Words with Speaker’s Tone and under the tab write adjectives that describe the tone of the speaker’s words. ■ If the poem you are reading has two stanzas, you might devote each tab to notes about one stanza.
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Reading Objective: to understand and remember ideas in informational text S As you read a nonfi ction selection, use this Foldable to help you identify what you already know about the topic, what you might want to know about it, and what you
learn about it from the selection. 1 1. Hold a sheet of paper in front of you so that the short side is at the top. Fold the bottom of the paper up and the top down to divide the paper into thirds. 2. Unfold the paper and turn it so that the long side is at the top. Draw lines along the folds and label the three columns Know, Want to Know, and Learned.
Know Want to Learned 3. Before you read the selection, write what you already know about the topic under 2 , 3 Know the left heading and what you want to know about it under the middle heading. As you read, jot down what you learn about the topic under the last heading.
You may adapt this simple Foldable in several ways. ■ Use it with magazine and newspaper articles, textbook chapters, reference articles, and informational Web sites—anything you might read to look for information. ■ Use this three-part Foldable to record information from three sources. Label each column with the name of one source and write notes from that source under its heading. ■ For a two-column Foldable, just fold the sheet of paper in half. For four columns, fold it in half and then in half again.
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The Writing Process Writing is a process with five stages: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing/ proofreading, and publishing/presenting. These stages often overlap, and their importance, weight, and even their order vary according to your needs and goals. Because writing is recursive, you almost always have to double back somewhere in this process, perhaps to gather more information or to reevaluate your ideas.
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Prewriting judgment and follow each idea as far as it goes. You can evaluate the ideas later. The prewriting stage includes coming up with ideas, mak- • Search for information in print and nonprint sources. ing connections, gathering information, defining and refin- • If you are writing a personal essay, all of the informa- ing the topic, and making a plan for a piece of writing. tion may come from your own experiences and feel- ings. If you are writing a report or a persuasive essay, Tips for prewriting you will probably need to locate pertinent factual • Begin with an interesting idea (what you will write information and take notes on it. Besides library about). materials, such as books, magazines, and newspa- • Decide the purpose of the writing (why you are pers, you will want to use the Internet and other on- writing). line resources. You may also want to interview • Identify the audience (for whom you are writing). people with experience or specialized knowledge • Explore your idea through a technique such as free- related to your topic. writing, clustering, making diagrams, or brainstorming. • As you gather ideas and information, jot them down Freewriting is writing nonstop for a set time, on note cards to use as you draft. usually only five or ten minutes. The idea is to keep • Evaluate all ideas and information to determine or pace with your thoughts, getting them on paper fine-tune the topic. before they vanish. Freewriting can start anywhere • Organize information and ideas into a plan that and go anywhere. serves as the basis for writing. Clustering begins with writing a word or phrase • Develop a rough outline reflecting the method of in the middle of a sheet of paper. Circle the word or organization you have chosen. Include your main phrase; then think of related words and ideas. Write points and supporting details. them in bubbles connected to the central bubble. As • Find and include missing information or ideas that you cluster, connect related ideas. The finished cluster might add interest or help accomplish the purpose of will be a diagram of how your ideas can be organized. the writing. Brainstorming is creating a free flow of ideas with a group of people—it’s like freewriting with others. Start with a topic or question; encourage everyone to join in freely. Accept all ideas without
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RR030-R041030-R041 EMWHB-845482.inddEMWHB-845482.indd 3030 77/10/06/10/06 8:46:088:46:08 AMAM Drafting Tips for the peer reviewer HANDBOOK WRITING When you are asked to act as a reviewer for a classmate’s In this stage you translate into writing the ideas and infor- writing, the following tips will help you do the most mation you gathered during prewriting. Drafting is an effective job: opportunity to explore and develop your ideas. • Read the piece all the way through—without com- menting—to judge its overall effect. Tips for drafting • Tell the writer how you responded to the piece. For • Follow the plan made during prewriting but be flexi- example, did you find it informative? interesting? ble. New and better ideas may come to you as you amusing? develop your ideas; be open to them. • Ask the writer about parts you don’t understand. • Transform notes and ideas into related sentences • Think of questions to ask that will help the writer and paragraphs, but don’t worry about grammar or improve the piece. mechanics. At this point, it is usually better to con- centrate on getting your ideas on paper. You might • Be sure that your suggestions are constructive. want to circle or annotate ideas or sections that need • Help the writer make improvements. more work. • Answer the writer’s questions honestly. Think about • Determine the tone or attitude of the writing. how you would like someone to respond to you. • Try to formulate an introduction that will catch the interest of your intended audience. Tips for revising • Be sure you have said everything you wanted to say. If not, add. Revising • If you find a section that does not relate to your In this stage, review and evaluate your draft to make sure topic, cut it. it accomplishes its purpose and speaks to its intended • If your ideas are not in a logical order, rearrange audience. When revising, interacting with a peer reviewer sentences and paragraphs. can be especially helpful. • Rewrite any unclear sentences. • Evaluate your introduction to be sure it creates inter- Using peer review est, leads the reader smoothly into your topic, and Ask one or more of your classmates to read your draft. states your main idea. Also evaluate your conclusion Here are some specific ways in which you can direct their to be sure it either summarizes your writing or effec- responses: tively brings it to an end. • Have readers tell you in their own words what they • Evaluate your word choices. Choose vivid verbs and have read. If you do not hear your ideas restated, precise nouns. Use a thesaurus to help you. you will want to revise for clarity. • Consider the comments of your peer reviewer. • Ask readers to tell you what parts of your writing Evaluate them carefully and apply those that will help they liked best and why. you create a more effective piece of writing. • Discuss the ideas in your writing with your readers. Add any new insights you gain to your revision. • Ask readers for suggestions about things such as organization and word choice. You may want to take notes on your readers’ suggestions so you will have a handy reference as you revise.
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R030-R041 EMWHB-845482.indd 31 7/10/06 8:46:19 AM Editing/Proofreading ❑✔ Do pronouns refer clearly to their antecedents and agree with them in person, number, and In the editing/proofreading stage, you polish your revised gender? draft and proofread it for errors in grammar and spelling. ❑✔ Have I used adverb and adjective forms and Use this proofreading checklist to help you check for modifying phrases correctly? errors and use the proofreading symbols in the chart ❑✔ Have I spelled every word correctly and checked below to mark places that need corrections. the unfamiliar ones in a dictionary? ❑✔ Have I avoided run-on sentences and sentence fragments and punctuated sentences correctly? Publishing/Presenting ❑✔ Have I used every word correctly, including plu- WRITING HANDBOOK There are a number of ways you can share your work. rals, possessives, and frequently confused words? You could publish it in a magazine, a class anthology, or ❑✔ Do verbs and subjects agree? Are verb tenses another publication, or read your writing aloud to a correct? group. You could also join a writers’ group and read one another’s works.
Proofreading Symbols Lt Brown Insert a period. to No one came the party. Insert a letter or a word.
I enjoyed paris. Capitalize a letter.
The Class ran a bake sale. Make a capital letter lowercase.
The campers are home sick. Close up a space.
They visited N.Y. Spell out.
Sue please come I need your help. Insert a comma or a semicolon. He enjoyed feild day. Transpose the position of letters or words.
alltogether Insert a space.
We went to to Boston. Delete letters or words.
She asked, Whos coming? Insert quotation marks or an apostrophe.
mid January Insert a hyphen.
“Where?” asked Karl. “Over there,” said Ray. Begin a new paragraph.
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✔ Ideas The message or the theme and the details ❑ Does the title suggest the theme of the that develop it composition? ❑✔ Does the composition focus on a single narrow Writing is clear when readers can grasp the meaning of topic? your ideas right away. Check to see whether you’re get- ❑✔ Is the thesis—the main point or central idea— ting your message across. clearly stated? ❑✔ Do well-chosen details elaborate your main point?
✔ Organization The arrangement of main ideas ❑ Are the beginning, middle, and end clearly and supporting details linked? ❑✔ Is the internal order of ideas easy to follow? An effective plan of organization points your readers ❑✔ Does the introduction capture your readers’ in the right direction and guides them easily through attention? your composition from start to finish. Find a structure, ❑✔ Do sentences and paragraphs flow from one to or order, that best suits your topic and writing purpose. the next in a way that makes sense? Check to see whether you’ve ordered your key ideas and ❑✔ details in a way that keeps your readers on track. Does the conclusion wrap up the composition?
✔ Voice A writer’s unique way of using tone ❑ Does your writing sound interesting? and style ❑✔ Does your writing reveal your attitude toward your topic? Your writing voice comes through when your readers ❑✔ Does your writing sound like you—or does it sense that a real person is communicating with them. sound like you’re imitating someone else? Readers will respond to the tone (or attitude) that you express toward a topic and to the style (the way that you use language and shape your sentences). Read your work aloud to see whether your writing voice comes through.
✔ Word Choice The vocabulary a writer uses to ❑ Do you use lively verbs to show action? convey meaning ❑✔ Do you use vivid words to create word pictures in your readers’ minds? Words work hard. They carry the weight of your meaning, ❑✔ Do you use precise words to explain your ideas so make sure you choose them carefully. Check to see simply and clearly? whether the words you choose are doing their jobs well.
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R030-R041 EMWHB-845482.indd 33 2/9/07 8:40:04 AM ✔ Sentence Fluency The smooth rhythm and ❑ Do your sentences vary in length and structure? flow of sentences that vary in length and style ❑✔ Do transition words and phrases show connec- tions between ideas and sentences? The best writing is made up of sentences that flow ❑✔ Does parallelism help balance and unify related smoothly from one sentence to the next. Writing that ideas? is graceful also sounds musical—rhythmical rather than choppy. Check for sentence fluency by reading your writing aloud.
WRITING HANDBOOK ✔ Conventions Correct spelling, grammar, usage, ❑ Are all words spelled correctly? and mechanics ❑✔ Are all proper nouns—as well as the first word of every sentence—capitalized? A composition free of errors makes a good impression ❑✔ Is your composition free of sentence fragments? on your readers. Mistakes can be distracting, and they ❑✔ Is your composition free of run-on sentences? can blur your message. Try working with a partner to spot ❑✔ errors and correct them. Use this checklist to help you. Are punctuation marks—such as apostrophes, commas, and end marks—inserted in the right places?
Presentation The way words and design you’re using a word processor, double-space the lines of elements look on a page text and choose a readable font. Other design elements— such as boldfaced headings, bulleted lists, pictures, and Appearance matters, so make your compositions inviting charts—can help you present information effectively as to read. Handwritten papers should be neat and legible. If well as make your papers look good.
Preparing a manuscript Follow the guidelines of the Modern Language Association when you prepare the final copy of your research paper. • Heading On separate lines in the upper left-hand corner of the first page, include your name, your teacher’s name, the course name, and the date. • Title Center the title on the line below the heading. • Numbering Number the pages one-half inch from the top of the page in the right-hand corner. Write your last name before each page number after the first page. • Spacing Use double spacing throughout. • Margins Leave one-inch margins on all sides of every page.
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R030-R041 EMWHB-845482.indd 34 2/9/07 8:40:18 AM Writing Modes HANDBOOK WRITING Writing may be classified as expository, descriptive, narrative, or persuasive. Each of these classifications, or modes, has its own purpose.
Expository Writing ❑✔ Does the opening contain attention-grabbing details or intriguing questions to hook the reader? Expository writing gives instructions, defines or explains ❑✔ Have I provided sufficient information to my audi- new terms or ideas, explains relationships, compares one ence in a clear and interesting way? thing or opinion with another, or explains how to do ❑✔ Have I checked the accuracy of the information I something. Expository essays usually include a thesis have provided? statement in the introduction. ❑✔ Are my comparisons and contrasts clear and logical?
Descriptive Writing ❑✔ Did I create interest in my introduction? ❑✔ Are my perspective and my subject clearly stated Description re-creates an experience primarily through in my topic sentence? the use of sensory details. A writer should strive to create ❑✔ Did I organize details carefully and consistently? a single impression that all the details support. To do so ❑✔ Did I order information effectively? requires careful planning as well as choices about order ❑✔ of information, topic sentences, and figurative language. Have I chosen precise, vivid words? ❑✔ Do transitions clearly and logically connect the ideas? ❑✔ Have I created a strong, unified impression?
Narrative Writing ❑✔ Did I introduce characters and a setting? ❑✔ Did I develop a plot that begins with an interest- Narrative writing, whether factual or fictional, tells a story ing problem or conflict? and has these elements: characters, plot, point of view, ❑✔ Did I build suspense, lead the reader to a climax, theme, and setting. The plot usually involves a conflict and end with a resolution? between a character and an opposing character or force. ❑✔ Did I use dialogue to move the story along?
Persuasive Writing ❑✔ Did I keep my audience’s knowledge and atti- tudes in mind from start to finish? Persuasive writing expresses a writer’s opinion. The goal ❑✔ Did I state my position in a clear thesis statement? of persuasion is to make an audience change its opinion ❑✔ Have I included ample supporting evidence? and, perhaps, take action. Effective persuasive writing ❑✔ Have I addressed opposing viewpoints? uses strong, relative evidence to support its claims. This ❑✔ kind of writing often requires careful research, organiza- Have I avoided errors in logic? tion, and attention to language.
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Selecting a topic Developing a working bibliography • If a specific topic is not assigned, choose a topic. If a work seems useful, write a bibliography card for it. Begin with the assigned subject or a subject that On an index card, write down the author, title, city of
WRITING HANDBOOK interests you. Read general sources of information publication, publisher, date of publication, and any other about that subject and narrow your focus to some information you will need to identify the source. Number aspect of it that interests you. Good places to start your cards in the upper right-hand corner so you can are encyclopedia articles and the tables of contents keep them in order. of books on the subject. A computerized library cata- Following are model bibliography, or source, cards. log will also display many subheads related to gen- eral topics. Find out if sufficient information about Book your topic is available. 2 1 Settle, Mary Lee 6 • As you read about the topic, develop your paper’s 3 central idea, which is the purpose of your research. All the Brave Promises. Even though this idea might change as you do more 4 Columbia: University of South Carolina research, it can begin to guide your efforts. For exam- Press, 1995. 5 ple, if you were assigned the subject of the Civil War, you might find that you’re interested in women’s roles during that war. As you read, you might narrow 6 7 your topic down to women who went to war, women Evanston Public Library D810.W754 who served as nurses for the Union, or women who took over farms and plantations in the South. 1 Author 5 Date of publication 2 Source number 6 Location of source Conducting a broad search for information 3 Title 7 Library call number • Generate a series of researchable questions about your chosen topic. Then research to find answers to 4 City of publication/ your questions. Publisher • Among the many sources you might use are the card catalog, the computer catalog, the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Periodical Literature (or an electronic equivalent), 2 newspaper indexes, and specialized references such 1 Chelminski, R. 2 as biographical encyclopedias. 3 “The Maginot Line” • If possible, use primary sources as well as secondary 4 Smithsonian, June 1997: 90–99 sources. A primary source is a firsthand account of an event—for example, the diary of a woman who served in the army in the Civil War is a primary source. Secondary sources are sources written by 1 Author people who did not experience or influence the 2 Source number event. Locate specific information efficiently by using the table of contents, indexes, chapter headings, and 3 Title graphic aids. 4 Title of magazine/date/page number(s)
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RR030-R041030-R041 EMWHB-845482.inddEMWHB-845482.indd 3636 77/10/06/10/06 8:46:498:46:49 AMAM Online source identifies the source (use the number of the HANDBOOK WRITING 2 bibliography card that corresponds to each source). 1 “Job Hunting Resources” 6 • In the lower right-hand corner of the card, write the 3 The Career Building Network page number on which you found the information. If 4 CareerBuilder one card contains several notes, write the page num- 5 14 Feb. 2002 ber in parentheses after the relevant material. 6 http://www.careerbuilder.com • Three helpful ways to take notes are paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting directly. 1. Paraphrase important details that you want to remember; that is, use your own words to restate 1 Title 4 Sponsoring organization specifi c information. 2 Source number 5 Date of access 2. Summarize main ideas that an author presents. 3 Title of database 6 URL When you summarize several pages, be sure to Evaluating your sources note the page on which the material begins and Your sources should be authoritative, reliable, timely, and the page on which it ends—for example, 213–221. suitable (arts). 3. Quote the exact words of an author only when • The source should be authoritative. The author the actual wording is important. Be careful about should be well-known in the field. An author who has placing the author’s words in quotation marks. written several books or articles about a subject or • Identify the subject of each note card with a short who is frequently quoted may be considered an phrase written in the upper left. authority. You might also consult Book Review Index and Book Review Digest to find out how other experts in the field have evaluated a book or an article. Avoid plagiarism—presenting an author’s words or ideas as if they were your own. Remember that • The source should be reliable. If possible, avoid you must credit the source not only for material material from popular magazines in favor of that directly quoted but also for any facts or ideas from more scholarly journals. Be especially careful to obtained from the source. evaluate material from online sources. For example, the Web site of a well-known university is more reli- able than that of an individual. (You might also con- See the sample note card below, which includes informa- sult a librarian or your instructor for guidance in tion about careers and goals from three pages. selecting reliable online sources.) • The source should be timely. Use the most recent Careers and goals 12 material available, particularly for subjects of current Many people “crave work that will importance. Check the publication date of books as spark... excitement and energy.” well as the month and year of periodicals. (5) Sher recognizes that a career does • The source should be suitable, or appropriate. not necessarily satisfy a person’s aim Consider only material that is relevant to the purpose in life. (24) She also offers advice on of your paper. Do not waste time on books or arti- how to overcome obstacles that people cles that have little bearing on your topic. If you are experience in defining their goals. (101) writing on a controversial topic, you should include material that represents more than one point of view. • Organize your note cards to develop a working Compiling and organizing note cards outline. Begin by sorting them into piles of related Careful notes will help you to organize the material for cards. Try putting the piles together in different ways your paper. that suggest an organizational pattern. (If, at this • As you reread and study sources, write useful infor- point, you discover that you do not have enough mation on index cards. Be sure that each note card
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RR030-R041030-R041 EMWHB-845482.inddEMWHB-845482.indd 3737 77/10/06/10/06 8:47:058:47:05 AMAM information, go back and do further research.) Many In-text citations The most common method of credit- methods of organization are possible. You might also ing sources is with parenthetical documentation within the combine methods of organization. text. Generally a reference to the source and page number is included in parentheses at the end of each quotation, Developing a thesis statement paraphrase, or summary of information borrowed from a A thesis statement tells what your topic is and what you source. An in-text citation points readers to a correspond- intend to say about it—for example, “World War II ing entry in your works-cited list—a list of all your sources, changed the lives of African Americans and contributed to complete with publication information, that will appear the rise of the civil rights movement.” as the fi nal page of your paper. The Modern Language • Start by examining your central idea. Association (MLA) recommends the following guidelines • Refine it to reflect the information that you gathered for crediting sources in text. You may wish to refer to the WRITING HANDBOOK in your research. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph • Next, consider your approach to the topic. What is Gibaldi for more information and examples. the purpose of your research? Are you proving or • Put in parentheses the author’s last name and the disproving something? illustrating a cause-and-effect page number where you found the information. relationship? offering a solution to a problem? An art historian has noted, “In Wood’s idyllic farms- examining one aspect of the topic thoroughly? capes, man lives in complete harmony with predicting an outcome? Nature; he is the earth’s caretaker” (Corn 90). • Revise your central idea to reflect your approach. • If the author’s name is mentioned in the sentence, • Be prepared to revise your thesis statement if necessary. put only the page number in parentheses. Art historian Wanda Corn has noted, “In Wood’s Drafting your paper idyllic farmscapes, man lives in complete harmony Consult your working outline and your notes as you start with Nature; he is the earth’s caretaker” (90). to draft your paper. • If no author is listed, put the title or a shortened • Concentrate on getting your ideas down in a com- version of the title in parentheses. Include a page plete and logical order. number if you have one. • Write an introduction and a conclusion. An effective Some critics believe that Grant Wood’s famous introduction creates interest, perhaps by beginning painting American Gothic pokes fun at small-town with a question or a controversial quotation; it should life and traditional American values (“Gothic”). also contain your thesis statement. An effective conclu- sion will summarize main points, restate your thesis, Compiling a list of works cited explain how the research points to important new At the end of your text, provide an alphabetized list of questions to explore, and bring closure to the paper. published works or other sources cited. Documenting sources • Include complete publishing information for each Since a research paper, by its nature, is built on the work source. of others, you must carefully document all the sources • For magazine and newspaper articles, include the you have used. page numbers. If an article is continued on a differ- • Name the sources of words, ideas, and facts that you ent page, use + after the first page number. borrow. • For online sources, include the date accessed. • In addition to citing books and periodicals from • Cite only those sources from which you actually use which you take information, cite song lyrics, letters, information. and excerpts from literature. • Arrange entries in alphabetical order according to the • Also credit original ideas that are expressed graphically author’s last name. Write the last name first. If no in tables, charts, and diagrams, as well as the sources of author is given, alphabetize by title. any visual aids you may include, such as photographs. • For long entries, indent five spaces every line after • You need not cite the source of any information that the first. is common knowledge, such as “John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas.”
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Cambridge University Press. and 1 at the top of your list. at the top 4 d d n i . 2 8 4 5 4 Videotape or DVD Radio or TV program Interview Online magazine article Internet Encyclopedia article magazine article Weekly Monthly magazine article Book with an organization or a group as author or editor from an anthology Work Introduction in a published book Book with editor(s) Source StyleSource Book with one author Newspaper article Book with multiple authors Book with multiple 8 - The American Psychological Association (APA) style is Psychological AssociationThe American (APA) Center the title used in the sciences. commonly References APA Style APA B H W M E 1 4 0 R - 0 3 0 RR030-R041 EMWHB-845482.indd 41 BUSINESS WRITING Business writing is a specialized form of expository writing. Business writing might include documents such as letters, memorandums, reports, briefs, pro- posals, and articles for business publications. Business writing must be clear, concise, accurate, and correct in style and usage. Letter of Application One form of business writing that follows a vide a general overview of your qualifications conventional format is a letter of application. A and the reasons you are submitting an applica- letter of application can be used when applying tion. A letter of application should be concise. for a job, an internship, or a scholarship. In You should clearly state which position you are most cases, the letter is intended to accompany applying for and then explain why you are a résumé or an application. Because detailed interested and what makes you qualified. The information is usually included in the accompa- accompanying material should speak for itself. nying form, a letter of application should pro- 32 South Street 1 The optional subject line Austin, Texas 78746 indicates the topic of the May 6, 20__ letter. Melissa Reyes 2 The writer states her City Life magazine purpose directly and 2301 Davis Avenue immediately. Austin, Texas 78764 3 The writer comments briefly on her 1 Re: Internship qualifications. 4 The writer makes Dear Ms. Reyes: reference to the I am a junior at City High School and editor of the City High Herald. I accompanying material. 2 am writing to apply for your summer internship at City Life magazine. As a journalism student and a longtime fan of your magazine, I feel that an internship with your magazine would provide me with valuable experience in the field of journalism. I believe that my role with the City High Herald Activity: Choose a local 3 has given me the skills necessary to be a useful contributor to your magazine this summer. In addition, my enclosed application shows that I business where you might like to work. Write a letter of 4 am also a diligent worker. I thank you for considering my application for your summer internship, application for an internship and I hope to be working with you in the coming months. at that business. Assume that you will be submitting this Sincerely, letter along with a résumé or an internship application that Anne Moris details your experience and Anne Moris qualifi cations. R42 BUSINESS WRITING RR042-R045042-R045 EMBW-845482.inddEMBW-845482.indd 4242 22/9/07/9/07 8:43:548:43:54 AMAM Résumé WRITING BUSINESS The purpose of a résumé is to provide the employer with your work experience; other related experience; and rele- a comprehensive record of your background information, vant activities, associations, organizations, or projects that related experience, and qualifications. Although a résumé you have participated in. You may also want to include is intended to provide a great deal of information, the honors that you have received and list individuals whom format is designed to provide this information in the the employer can contact for a reference. When listing most efficient way possible. work experience, be sure to give the name of the All résumés should include the following information: a employer, your job title, and a few brief bulleted points heading that provides your name and contact information; describing your responsibilities. a job goal or a career objective; your education information; 1 Jane Wiley 909 West Main Street, Apt. #1 1 Header includes all impor- Urbana, Illinois 61802 tant contact information. (217) 555-0489 • [email protected] 2 All important education background is included. Goal 3 Related dates are included Seeking position in television news production for all listed activities. 4 Job title is included along 2 Education with the place of Junior standing in the College of Communications at the University of employment. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 5 Job responsibilities are 2000 Graduate of City High School briefly listed. Honors Member of National Honor Society Activities 3 Member, Asian American Association: 2001–Present Environmental Committee Chairperson, Asian American Association: August 2002–May 2003 Work Experience 4 Radio Reporter, WPGU, 107.1 FM, Champaign, Illinois: May 2002–Present 5 • Rewrote and read stories for afternoon newscasts • Served as field reporter for general assignments Cashier, Del’s Restaurant, Champaign, Illinois: May 2002–August 2002 • Responsible for taking phone orders • Cashier for pickup orders Assistant Secretary, Office of Dr. George Wright, Woodstock, Illinois: Activity: Create an outline May 2001–August 2001 that lists the information that • Answered phones you would want to include in a • Made appointments résumé. Use a word processor if possible. BUSINESS WRITING R43 RR042-R045042-R045 EMBW-845482.inddEMBW-845482.indd 4343 22/9/07/9/07 8:44:038:44:03 AMAM Job Application When applying for a job, you usually need to fill out a job If a question does not apply to you, indicate that by writing application. When you fill out the application, read the n/a, short for “not applicable.” Keep in mind that you will instructions carefully. Examine the entire form before have the opportunity to provide additional information in beginning to fill it out. Write neatly and fill out the form your résumé, in your letter of application, or during the completely, providing all information directly and honestly. interview process. 1 Please type or print neatly in blue or black ink. BUSINESS WRITING 1 The application provides 2 Name: ______Today’s date: ______specific instructions. Address: ______2 All of the information Phone #: ______Birth date: _____ Sex: ____ Soc. Sec. #: ______requested should be ********************************************************* provided in its entirety. Job History (List each job held, starting with the most recent job.) 3 The information should 3 1. Employer: ______Phone #: ______be provided neatly and Dates of employment: ______succinctly. Position held: ______4 Experience should be Duties: ______stated accurately and 4 2. Employer: ______Phone #: ______without embellishment. Dates of employment: ______Position held: ______Duties: ______********************************************************* Education (List the most recent level of education completed.) ______********************************************************* Personal References: 1. Name: ______Phone #: ______Relationship: ______2. Name: ______Phone #: ______Relationship: ______ Activity: Pick up a job application from a local business or use the sample application above. Complete the application thoroughly. Fill out the application as if you were actually applying for the job. Be sure to pay close attention to the guidelines mentioned above. R44 BUSINESS WRITING RR042-R045042-R045 EMBW-845482.inddEMBW-845482.indd 4444 22/9/07/9/07 8:44:128:44:12 AMAM Memos WRITING BUSINESS A memorandum (memo) conveys precise information to with a leading block. It is followed by the text of the mes- another person or a group of people. A memo begins sage. A memo does not have a formal closing. TO: All Employees FROM: Jordan Tyne, Human Resources Manager 1 The topic of the memo 1 SUBJECT: New Human Resources Assistant Director is stated clearly in the DATE: November 3, 20__ subject line. 2 The announcement is 2 Please join me in congratulating Leslie Daly on her appointment as assistant made in the first sentence. director in the Human Resources Department. Leslie comes to our company 3 All of the important infor- with five years of experience in the field. Leslie begins work on Monday, mation is included briefly 3 November 10. All future general human resource inquiries should be in the memo. directed to Leslie. Please welcome Leslie when she arrives next week. Business E-mail E-mail is quickly becoming the most common form of ence, proper grammar, and the inclusion of relevant business communication. While e-mail may be the least information—apply to e-mail. formal and most conversational method of business writing, An accurate subject line should state your purpose briefly it shouldn’t be written carelessly or too casually. The con- and directly. Use concise language and avoid rambling ventions of business writing—clarity, attention to your audi- sentences. To: [email protected] From: [email protected] 1 Subject line clearly states CC: [email protected] the topic. Date: January 7, 8:13 A.M. 2 The purpose is stated 1 Subject: New Product Conference Call immediately and in a conversational tone. Liam, 3 Important details are included in a brief, direct 2 I just wanted to make sure that arrangements have been made for next week’s fashion. conference call to discuss our new product. The East Coast sales team has already scheduled three sales meetings at the end of the month with potential buyers, so it’s important that our sales team is prepared to talk about the product. Please schedule the call when the manufacturing director is available, 3 Activity: Write an e-mail to your since he will have important information for the sales team. coworkers. Inform them of a change in company procedure Lisa that will affect them. State the specifi c information that they need to know. Indicate to your coworkers whether action needs to be taken on their part. BUSINESS WRITING R45 RR042-R045042-R045 EMBW-845482.inddEMBW-845482.indd 4545 77/10/06/10/06 8:48:058:48:05 AMAM LANGUAGE HANDBOOK Grammar Glossary This glossary will help you quickly locate information on parts of speech and sentence structure. A Adverb A word that modifies a verb, persons, places, or things. an adjective, or another adverb by (I eat an apple a day.) Absolute phrase. See Phrase. making its meaning more specific. The definite article (the) indicates Abstract noun. See Noun chart. When modifying a verb, an adverb that the noun is a specific person, may appear in various positions in a Action verb. See Verb. place, or thing. (The alarm woke sentence. (Cats generally eat less me up.) Active voice. See Voice. than dogs. Generally, cats eat less than dogs.) When modifying an Auxiliary verb. See Verb. Adjective A word that modifies a adjective or another adverb, an noun or pronoun by limiting its adverb appears directly before the meaning. Adjectives appear in vari- modified word. (I was quite pleased B ous positions in a sentence. (The that they got along so well.) The Base form. See Verb tense. gray cat purred. The cat is gray.) word not and the contraction -n’t are adverbs. (Mike wasn’t ready for the Many adjectives have different forms C to indicate degree of comparison. test today.) Certain adverbs of time, Clause A group of words that has a (short, shorter, shortest) place, and degree also have a nega- tive meaning. (He’s never ready.) subject and a predicate and that is The positive degree is the simple used as part of a sentence. Clauses form of the adjective. (easy, Some adverbs have different forms fall into two categories: main clauses, interesting, good) to indicate degree of comparison. which are also called independent The comparative degree (soon, sooner, soonest) clauses, and subordinate clauses, compares two persons, places, The comparative degree com- which are also called dependent things, or ideas. (easier, more pares two actions. (better, more clauses. interesting, better) quickly) A main clause can stand alone as The superlative degree compares The superlative degree compares a sentence. There must be at least more than two persons, places, three or more actions. (fastest, one main clause in every sen- things, or ideas. (easiest, most most patiently, least rapidly) tence. (The rooster crowed, and interesting, best) the dog barked.) Adverb clause. See Clause chart. A predicate adjective follows a A subordinate clause cannot linking verb and further identifies Antecedent. See Pronoun. stand alone as a sentence. A sub- ordinate clause needs a main or describes the subject. (The Appositive A noun or a pronoun clause to complete its meaning. child is happy.) that further identifies another noun Many subordinate clauses begin A proper adjective is formed or pronoun. (My friend Julie lives with subordinating conjunctions from a proper noun and begins next door.) with a capital letter. Many proper or relative pronouns. (When Geri adjectives are created by adding Appositive phrase. See Phrase. sang her solo, the audience became quiet.) The chart on the these suffixes: -an, -ian, -n, -ese, Article The adjective a, an, or the. and -ish. (Chinese, African) next page shows the main types Indefinite articles (a and an) of subordinate clauses. Adjective clause. See Clause chart. refer to one of a general group of R46 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 46 2/9/07 8:56:55 AM LANGUAGE HANDBOOK TYPES OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES Clause Function Example Begins with . . . Adjective clause Modifies a noun or Songs that have a A relative pronoun such as which, pronoun strong beat make me who, whom, whose, or that want to dance. Adverb clause Modifies a verb, an adjective, Whenever Al calls me, A subordinating conjuction such as or an adverb he asks to borrow after, although, because, if, since, my bike. when, or where Noun clause Serves as a subject, an object, What Philip did Words such as how, that, what, or a predicate nominative surprised us. whatever, when, where, which, who, whom, whoever, whose, or why Collective noun. See Noun chart. are predicate nominatives and of equal importance. (Choose predicate adjectives. either the muffin or the bagel.) Common noun. See Noun chart. A predicate nominative is a noun A subordinating conjunction Comparative degree. See Adjective; or pronoun that follows a linking (after, although, as if, because, Adverb. verb and tells more about the before, if, since, so that, than, subject. (The author of “The though, until, when, while) joins a Complement A word or phrase that Raven” is Poe.) dependent idea or clause to a completes the meaning of a verb. main clause. (Beth acted as if she The four basic kinds of complements A predicate adjective is an adjec- felt ill.) are direct objects, indirect objects, tive that follows a linking verb and object complements, and subject gives more information about the Conjunctive adverb An adverb used complements. subject. (Ian became angry at the to clarify the relationship between bully.) A direct object answers the clauses of equal weight in a sentence. question What? or Whom? after Complex sentence. See Sentence. Conjunctive adverbs are used to an action verb. (Kari found a replace and (also, besides, further- dollar. Larry saw Denise.) Compound preposition. more, moreover); to replace but (how- See Preposition. ever, nevertheless, still); to state a result An indirect object answers the (consequently, therefore, so, thus); or question To whom? For whom? To Compound sentence. to state equality (equally, likewise, simi- what? or For what? after an action See Sentence. larly). (Ana was determined to get an verb. (Do me a favor. She gave Compound-complex sentence. A; therefore, she studied often.) the child a toy.) See Sentence. An object complement answers Coordinating conjunction. See the question What? after a direct Conjunction A word that joins single Conjunction. object. An object complement is a words or groups of words. Correlative conjunction. See noun, a pronoun, or an adjective A coordinating conjunction Conjunction. that completes the meaning of a (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so) direct object by identifying or joins words or groups of words describing it. (The director made that are equal in grammatical D me the understudy for the role. importance. (David and Ruth are Declarative sentence. See Sentence. The little girl called the puppy twins. I was bored, so I left.) hers.) Definite article. See Article. Correlative conjunctions (both . . . A subject complement follows a and, just as . . . so, not only . . . Demonstrative pronoun. subject and a linking verb. It iden- but also, either . . . or, neither . . . See Pronoun. tifies or describes a subject. The nor, whether . . . or) work in pairs two kinds of subject complements to join words and groups of words Direct object. See Complement. LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R47 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 47 7/10/06 8:48:44 AM E Intensive pronoun. See Pronoun. M Emphatic form. See Verb tense. Interjection A word or phrase that Main clause. See Clause. expresses emotion or exclamation. Mood of verb A verb expresses An interjection has no grammatical one of three moods: indicative, F connection to other words. Commas imperative, or subjunctive. Future tense. See Verb tense. follow mild ones; exclamation points follow stronger ones. (Well, have a The indicative mood is the most good day. Wow!) common. It makes a statement or G asks a question. (We are out of Gerund A verb form that ends in -ing Interrogative pronoun. bread. Will you buy it?) See Pronoun. and is used as a noun. A gerund may The imperative mood expresses a LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE function as a subject, the object of a Intransitive verb. See Verb. command or makes a request. verb, or the object of a preposition. (Stop acting like a child! Please (Smiling uses fewer muscles than Inverted order In a sentence written return my sweater.) frowning. Marie enjoys walking.) in inverted order, the predicate comes before the subject. Some The subjunctive mood is used to Gerund phrase. See Phrase. sentences are written in inverted express, indirectly, a demand, order for variety or special emphasis. suggestion, or statement of necessity (I demand that he stop I (Up the beanstalk scampered Jack.) The subject also generally follows the acting like a child. It’s necessary Imperative mood. See Mood predicate in a sentence that begins that she buy more bread.) The of verb. with here or there. (Here was the subjunctive is also used to state a solution to his problem.) Questions, condition or wish that is contrary Imperative sentence. See Sentence to fact. This use of the subjunctive chart. or interrogative sentences, are gener- ally written in inverted order. In many requires the past tense. (If you Indicative mood. See Mood of verb. questions, an auxiliary verb precedes were a nice person, you would the subject, and the main verb fol- return my sweater.) Indirect object. See Complement. lows it. (Has anyone seen Susan?) Infinitive A verb form that begins Questions that begin with who or N with the word to and functions as a what follow normal word order. Nominative pronoun. See Pronoun. noun, an adjective, or an adverb. (No Irregular verb. See Verb tense. one wanted to answer.) Note: When Noun A word that names a person, to precedes a verb, it is not a prepo- a place, a thing, or an idea. The chart sition but instead signals an infinitive. L on this page shows the main types of nouns. Infinitive phrase. See Phrase. Linking verb. See Verb. TYPES OF NOUNS Noun Function Examples Abstract noun Names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic capitalism, terror Collective noun Names a group of things or persons herd, troop Common noun Names a general type of person, place, thing, or idea city, building Compound noun Is made up of two or more words checkerboard, globe-trotter Noun of direct address Identifies the person or persons being spoken to Maria, please stand. Possessive noun Shows possession, ownership, or the relationship my sister’s room between two nouns Proper noun Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea Cleopatra, Italy, Christianity R48 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 48 2/9/07 8:57:06 AM Noun clause. See Clause chart. the jazz concert, an important A compound predicate has two LANGUAGE HANDBOOK musical event.) or more verbs or verb phrases Noun of direct address. See that are joined by a conjunction Noun chart. A gerund phrase includes a gerund plus its complements and share the same subject. (We Number A noun, pronoun, or and modifiers. (Playing the flute ran to the park and began to play verb is singular in number if it refers is her hobby.) baseball.) to one; plural if it refers to more An infinitive phrase contains the Predicate adjective. See Adjective; than one. infinitive plus its complements Complement. and modifiers. (It is time to leave Predicate nominative. See for school.) O Complement. Object. See Complement. A participial phrase contains a participle and any modifiers nec- Preposition A word that shows the essary to complete its meaning. relationship of a noun or pronoun to P (The woman sitting over there is some other word in the sentence. Prepositions include about, above, Participle A verb form that can my grandmother.) across, among, as, behind, below, function as an adjective. Present A prepositional phrase consists beyond, but, by, down, during, participles always end in -ing. (The of a preposition, its object, and except, for, from, into, like, near, of, woman comforted the crying child.) any modifiers of the object. A on, outside, over, since, through, to, Many past participles end in -ed. prepositional phrase can function under, until, with. (I usually eat (We bought the beautifully painted as an adjective, modifying a noun breakfast before school.) chair.) However, irregular verbs or a pronoun. (The dog in the form their past participles in some yard is very gentle.) A preposi- A compound preposition is other way. (Cato was Caesar’s sworn tional phrase may also function as made up of more than one word. enemy.) an adverb when it modifies a (according to, ahead of, as to, verb, an adverb, or an adjective. because of, by means of, in addi- Passive voice. See Voice. (The baby slept on my lap.) tion to, in spite of, on account of) (We played the game in spite of Past tense. See Verb tense. A verb phrase consists of one or the snow.) more auxiliary verbs followed by a Perfect tense. See Verb tense. main verb. (The job will have been Prepositional phrase. See Phrase. Personal pronoun. See Pronoun, completed by noon tomorrow.) Pronoun chart. Present tense. See Verb tense. Positive degree. See Adjective. Phrase A group of words that acts in Progressive form. See Verb tense. Possessive noun. See Noun chart. a sentence as a single part of speech. Pronoun A word that takes the An absolute phrase consists of Predicate The verb or verb phrase place of a noun, a group of words a noun or pronoun that is modi- and any objects, complements, or acting as a noun, or another pro- fied by a participle or participial modifiers that express the essential noun. The word or group of words phrase but has no grammatical thought about the subject of a that a pronoun refers to is called its relation to the complete subject sentence. antecedent. (In the following sen- or predicate. (The vegetables A simple predicate is a verb or tence, Mari is the antecedent of she. being done, we finally sat down verb phrase that tells something Mari likes Mexican food, but she to eat dinner.) about the subject. (We ran.) doesn’t like Italian food.) An appositive phrase is an A complete predicate includes A demonstrative pronoun appositive along with any modi- the simple predicate and any points out specific persons, places, fiers. If not essential to the words that modify or complete it. things, or ideas. (this, that, meaning of the sentence, an (We solved the problem in a these, those) appositive phrase is set off by short time.) An indefinite pronoun refers to commas. (Jack plans to go to persons, places, or things in a LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R49 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 49 2/9/07 8:57:16 AM more general way than a noun (We told ourselves to be patient.) A simple sentence may contain a does. (all, another, any, both, A relative pronoun is used to compound subject or a compound each, either, enough, everything, begin a subordinate clause. predicate or both. (Alan and Teri few, many, most, much, neither, (who, whose, that, what, whom, found an old violin. Alan found an nobody, none, one, other, others, whoever, whomever, whichever, old violin and tried to play it. Alan plenty, several, some) whatever) and Teri found an old violin and An intensive pronoun adds tried to play it.) The subject and Proper adjective. See Adjective. emphasis to another noun or the predicate can be expanded with adjectives, adverbs, preposi- pronoun. If an intensive pronoun Proper noun. See Noun chart. is omitted, the meaning of the tional phrases, appositives, and sentence will be the same. verbal phrases. As long as the sen- (Rebecca herself decided to look R tence has only one main clause, LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE however, it remains a simple sen- for a part-time job.) Reflexive pronoun. See Pronoun. tence. (Alan, rummaging in the An interrogative pronoun is used Relative pronoun. See Pronoun. attic, found an old violin.) to form questions. (who? whom? whose? what? which?) A compound sentence has two or more main clauses. Each main A personal pronoun refers to S clause has its own subject and a specific person or thing. Sentence A group of words express- predicate, and these main clauses Personal pronouns have three ing a complete thought. Every sen- are usually joined by a comma cases: nominative, possessive, and tence has a subject and a predicate. and a coordinating conjunction. objective. The case depends upon Sentences can be classified by func- (Cats meow, and dogs bark, but the function of the pronoun in a tion or by structure. The second chart ducks quack.) Semicolons may sentence. The first chart on this on this page shows the categories by also be used to join the main page shows the case forms of per- function; the following subentries clauses in a compound sentence. sonal pronouns. describe the categories by structure. (The helicopter landed; the pilot A reflexive pronoun reflects back See also Subject; Predicate; Clause. had saved four passengers.) to a noun or pronoun used earlier A simple sentence has only one A complex sentence has one in the sentence, indicating that the main clause and no subordinate main clause and one or more same person or thing is involved. clauses. (Alan found an old violin.) PERSONAL PRONOUNS Case Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns Function in Sentence Nominative I, you, she, he, it we, you, they subject or predicate nominative Objective me, you, her, him, it us, you, them direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition Possessive my, mine, your, yours, her, our, ours, your, yours, replacement for the possessive form of hers, his, its their, theirs a noun TYPES OF SENTENCES Sentence Type Function Ends with . . . Examples Declarative sentence Makes a statement A period I did not enjoy the movie. Exclamatory sentence Expresses strong emotion An exclamation point What a good writer Consuela is! Imperative sentence Makes a request or A period or an Please come to the party. gives a command exclamation point Stop! Interrogative sentence Asks a question A question mark Is the composition due today? R50 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 50 2/9/07 8:57:40 AM subordinate clauses. (Since the V participles. See Gerund; Infinitive; LANGUAGE HANDBOOK movie starts at eight, we should Participle. Verb A word that expresses action or leave here by seven-thirty.) a state of being. (cooks, seem, Verb tense The tense of a verb A compound-complex sentence laughed) indicates when the action or state of has two or more main clauses and An action verb tells what some- being occurs. All the verb tenses are at least one subordinate clause. one or something does. Action formed from the four principal parts (If we leave any later, we may verbs can express either physical of a verb: a base form (talk), a miss the previews, and I want to or mental action. (Crystal decided present participle (talking), a simple see them.) to change the tire herself.) past form (talked), and a past participle (talked). A regular verb Simple predicate. See Predicate. A transitive verb is an action verb forms its simple past and past partici- that is followed by a word or Simple subject. See Subject. ple by adding -ed to the base form. words that answer the question (climb, climbed) An irregular verb Subject The part of a sentence that What? or Whom? (I held the forms its past and past participle in tells what the sentence is about. baby.) some other way. (get, got, gotten) A simple subject is the main An intransitive verb is an action noun or pronoun in the subject. verb that is not followed by a In addition to present, past, and (Babies crawl.) word that answers the question future tenses, there are three perfect tenses. A complete subject includes the What? or Whom? (The baby simple subject and any words that laughed.) The present perfect tense modify it. (The man from New A linking verb expresses a state of expresses an action or a condition Jersey won the race.) In some being by linking the subject of a that occurred at some indefinite sentences, the simple subject and sentence with a word or an time in the past. This tense also the complete subject are the expression that identifies or shows an action or a condition that same. (Birds fly.) describes the subject. (The lemon- began in the past and continues into the present. (She has played A compound subject has two or ade tastes sweet. He is our new the piano for four years.) more simple subjects joined by a principal.) The most commonly conjunction. The subjects share the used linking verb is be in all its The past perfect tense same verb. (Firefighters and police forms (am, is, are, was, were, will indicates that one past action officers protect the community.) be, been, being). Other linking or condition began and ended verbs include appear, become, before another past action started. Subjunctive mood. See Mood feel, grow, look, remain, seem, (Andy had finished his homework of verb. sound, smell, stay, taste. before I even began mine.) Subordinate clause. See Clause. An auxiliary verb, or helping The future perfect tense indicates verb, is a verb that accompanies that one future action or condition Subordinating conjunction. the main verb to form a verb will begin and end before another See Conjunction. phrase. (I have been swimming.) future event starts. Use will have Superlative degree. See Adjective; The forms of be and have are the or shall have with the past partici- Adverb. most common auxiliary verbs: ple of a verb. (By tomorrow, I will (am, is, are, was, were, being, have finished my homework, too.) been; has, have, had, having). The progressive form of a verb T Other auxiliaries include can, expresses a continuing action with Tense. See Verb tense. could, do, does, did, may, might, any of the six tenses. To make the must, shall, should, will, would. progressive forms, use the appro- Transitive verb. See Verb. Verbal A verb form that functions in priate tense of the verb be with a sentence as a noun, an adjective, the present participle of the main or an adverb. The three kinds of verb. (She is swimming. She has verbals are gerunds, infinitives, and been swimming.) LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R51 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 51 7/10/06 8:48:59 AM The emphatic form adds special force, or emphasis, to the present and past tense of a verb. For the emphatic form, use do, does, or did with the base form. (Toshi did want that camera.) Voice The voice of a verb shows whether the subject performs the action or receives the action of the verb. A verb is in the active voice if LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE the subject of the sentence performs the action. (The referee blew the whistle.) A verb is in the passive voice if the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb. (The whistle was blown by the referee.) R52 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 52 7/10/06 8:49:09 AM Mechanics LANGUAGE HANDBOOK This section will help you use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations in your writing. Capitalization d. trade names and names of documents, awards, and laws. This section will help you recognize and use Example: Microsoft; Declaration of correct capitalization in sentences. Independence; Pulitzer Prize; Rule: Capitalize the first word in any sentence, Sixteenth Amendment including direct quotations and sentences in parentheses unless they are included in another e. geographical terms and regions or localities. sentence. Example: Hudson River; Pennsylvania Avenue; Example: She said, “Come back soon.” Grand Canyon; Texas; the Midwest Emily Dickinson became famous only f. names of planets and other heavenly bodies. after her death. (She published only Example: Venus; Earth; the Milky Way six poems during her lifetime.) g. names of ships, planes, trains, and spacecraft. Rule: Always capitalize the pronoun I no matter where it appears in the sentence. Example: USS Constitution; Spirit of St. Louis; Apollo 11 Example: Some of my relatives think that I should become a doctor. h. names of most historical events, eras, calendar items, and religious names and items. Rule: Capitalize proper nouns, including a. names of individuals and titles used in direct Example: World War II; Age of Enlightenment; address preceding a name or describing a June; Christianity; Buddhists; Bible; relationship. Easter; God Example: George Washington; Dr. Morgan; i. titles of literary works, works of art, and musical Aunt Margaret compositions. b. names of ethnic groups, national groups, political Example: “Why I Live at the P.O.”; The Starry parties and their members, and languages. Night; Rhapsody in Blue Example: Italian Americans; Aztec; the j. names of specific school courses. Republican Party; Example: Advanced Physics; American History a Democrat; Spanish Rule: Capitalize proper adjectives (adjectives formed c. names of organizations, institutions, firms, monu- from proper nouns). ments, bridges, buildings, and other structures. Example: Christmas tree; Hanukkah candles; Example: Red Cross; Stanford University; Freudian psychology; American flag General Electric; Lincoln Memorial; Tappan Zee Bridge; Chrysler Building; Museum of Natural History LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R53 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 53 2/9/07 8:57:51 AM Punctuation Example: There were two speakers at Gettysburg that day; only Lincoln’s This section will help you use these elements speech is remembered. of punctuation correctly. Rule: Use a period at the end of a declarative b. to separate main clauses joined by a conjunctive sentence or a polite command. adverb or by for example or that is. Example: I’m thirsty. Example: Because of the ice storm, most students could not get to school; Example: Please bring me a glass of water. consequently, the principal canceled all classes for the day. Rule: Use an exclamation point to show strong feeling or after a forceful command. c. to separate the items in a series when these LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE Example: I can’t believe my eyes! items contain commas. Example: Watch your step! Example: The students at the rally came from Senn High School, in Chicago, Illinois; Rule: Use a question mark to indicate a direct Niles Township High School, in Skokie, question. Illinois; and Evanston Township High School, in Evanston, Illinois. Example: Who is in charge here? d. to separate two main clauses joined by a coordi- Rule: Use a colon nating conjunction when such clauses already a. to introduce a list (especially after words such as contain several commas. these, the following, or as follows) and to intro- duce material that explains, restates, or illustrates Example: The designer combined the blue silk, previous material. brown linen, and beige cotton into a suit; but she decided to use the yellow Example: The following states voted for the chiffon, yellow silk, and white lace for amendment: Texas, California, an evening gown. Georgia, and Florida. Example: The sunset was colorful: purple, Rule: Use a comma orange, and red lit up the sky. a. between the main clauses of a compound sentence. b. to introduce a long or formal quotation. Example: Ryan was late getting to study hall, Example: It was Mark Twain who stated the and his footsteps echoed in the empty following proverb: “Man is the only corridor. animal that blushes. Or needs to.” b. to separate three or more words, phrases, or c. in precise time measurements, biblical chapter clauses in a series. and verse references, and business letter Example: Mel bought carrots, beans, pears, and salutations. onions. Example: 3:35 P.M. 7:50 A.M. Gen. 1:10–11 Matt. 2:23 c. between coordinate modifiers. Dear Ms. Samuels: Dear Sir: Example: That is a lyrical, moving poem. Rule: Use a semicolon d. to set off parenthetical expressions, interjections, a. to separate main clauses that are not joined by a and conjunctive adverbs. coordinating conjunction. Example: Well, we missed the bus again. R54 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 54 2/9/07 8:58:00 AM Example: The weather is beautiful today; j. after the salutation of an informal letter and after LANGUAGE HANDBOOK however, it is supposed to rain this the closing of all letters. weekend. Example: Dear Helen, Sincerely, e. to set off nonessential words, clauses, and k. to set off parts of a reference that direct the phrases, such as: reader to the exact source. —adverbial clauses Example: You can find the article in the Example: Since Ellen is so tall, the coach Washington Post, April 4, 1997, assumed she would be a good pages 33–34. basketball player. l. to set off words or names used in direct address —adjective clauses and in tag questions. Example: Scott, who had been sleeping, finally Example: Yuri, will you bring me my calculator? woke up. Lottie became a lawyer, didn’t she? —participles and participial phrases Rule: Use a dash to signal a change in thought or to Example: Having found what he was looking emphasize parenthetical material. for, he left. Example: During the play, Maureen—and she’d —prepositional phrases be the first to admit it—forgot her lines. Example: On Saturdays during the fall, I rake leaves. Example: There are only two juniors attending— Mike Ramos and Ron Kim. —infinitive phrases Rule: Use parentheses to set off supplemental Example: To be honest, I’d like to stay awhile material. Punctuate within the parentheses only if the longer. punctuation is part of the parenthetical expression. —appositives and appositive phrases Example: If you like jazz (and I assume you do), Example: Ms. Kwan, a soft-spoken woman, ran you will like this CD. (The soloist is into the street to hail a cab. Miles Davis.) Example: The upper Midwest (which states does f. to set off direct quotations. that include?) was hit by terrible Example: “My concert,” Molly replied, “is tonight.” floods last year. g. to set off an antithetical phrase. Rule: Use brackets to enclose information that you insert into a quotation for clarity or to enclose Example: Unlike Tom, Rob enjoys skiing. a parenthetical phrase that already appears within parentheses. h. to set off a title after a person’s name. Example: “He serves his [political] party best Example: Margaret Thomas, Ph.D., was the who serves the country best.” guest speaker. —Rutherford B. Hayes i. to separate the various parts of an address, a Example: The staircase (which was designed by geographical term, or a date. a famous architect [Frank Lloyd Example: My new address is 324 Indian School Wright]) was inlaid with ceramic tile. Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico 85350. I moved on March 13, 1998. LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R55 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 55 2/9/07 8:58:08 AM Rule: Use ellipsis points to indicate the omission of musical compositions, court cases, names of material from a quotation. newspapers and magazines, ships, trains, air- planes, and spacecraft. Italicize and capitalize arti- Example: “. . . Neither an individual nor a nation cles (a, an, the) at the beginning of a title only can commit the least act of injustice when they are part of the title. against the obscurest individual. . . .” —Henry David Thoreau Example: E.T. [film]; The Piano Lesson [play] The Starry Night [painting] Rule: Use quotation marks the New Yorker [magazine] a. to enclose a direct quotation, as follows: Challenger [spacecraft] The Great Gatsby [book] Example: “Hurry up!” shouted Lisa. the Chicago Tribune [newspaper] LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE When a quotation is interrupted, use two sets of b. for foreign words and expressions that are not quotation marks. used frequently in English. Example: “A cynic,” wrote Oscar Wilde, “is Example: Luciano waved good-bye, saying, someone who knows the price of “Arrivederci.” everything and the value of nothing.” c. for words, letters, and numerals used to repre- Use single quotation marks for a quotation within sent themselves. a quotation. Example: There is no Q on the telephone keypad. Example: “Did you say ‘turn left’ or ‘turn right’?” asked Leon. Example: Number your paper from 1 through 10. In writing dialogue, begin a new paragraph and Rule: Use an apostrophe use a new set of quotation marks every time the a. for a possessive form, as follows: speaker changes. Add an apostrophe and -s to all singular nouns, Example: “Do you really think the spaceship can plural nouns not ending in -s, singular indefinite take off?” asked the first officer. pronouns, and compound nouns. Add only an “Our engineer assures me that we have apostrophe to a plural noun that ends in -s. enough power,” the captain replied. Example: the tree’s leaves b. to enclose titles of short works, such as stories, the man’s belt poems, essays, articles, chapters, and songs. the bus’s tires Example: “The Lottery” [short story] the children’s pets “Provide, Provide” [poem] everyone’s favorite “Civil Disobedience” [essay] my mother-in-law’s job the attorney general’s decision c. to enclose unfamiliar slang terms and unusual the baseball player’s error expressions. the cats’ bowls Example: The man called his grandson a If two or more persons possess something “rapscallion.” jointly, use the possessive form for the last per- son named. If they possess it individually, use d. to enclose a definition that is stated directly. the possessive form for each one’s name. Example: Gauche is a French word meaning “left.” Example: Ted and Harriet’s family Ted’s and Harriet’s bosses Rule: Use italics Lewis and Clark’s expedition a. for titles of books, lengthy poems, plays, films, Lewis’s and Clark’s clothes television series, paintings and sculptures, long R56 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 56 7/10/06 8:49:21 AM b. to express amounts of money or time that mod- Example: twenty-three eighty-fifth LANGUAGE HANDBOOK ify a noun. one-half cup Example: two cents’ worth e. to divide a word at the end of a line between Example: three days’ drive (You can use a syllables. hyphenated adjective instead: a Example: air-port scis-sors three-day drive.) fill-ing fin-est c. in place of omitted letters or numerals. Example: haven’t [have not] the winter of ’95 Abbreviations d. to form the plural of letters, numerals, symbols, Abbreviations are shortened forms of words. and words used to represent themselves. Use an Rule: Use only one period if an abbreviation occurs at apostrophe and -s. the end of a sentence. If the sentence ends with a question mark or an exclamation point, use the period Example: You wrote two 5’s instead of one. and the second mark of punctuation. Example: How many s’s are there in Mississippi? Example: We didn’t get home until 3:30 A.M. Example: Why did he use three !’s at the end of Example: Did you get home before 4:00 A.M.? the sentence? Example: I can’t believe you didn’t get home Rule: Use a hyphen until 3:30 A.M.! a. after any prefix joined to a proper noun or proper adjective. Rule: Capitalize abbreviations of proper nouns and abbreviations related to historical dates. Example: all-American pre-Columbian Example: John Kennedy Jr. P.O. Box 333 b. after the prefixes all-, ex-, and self- joined to any 800 B.C. A.D. 456 1066 C.E. noun or adjective, after the prefix anti- when it joins a word beginning with i, after the prefix Use all capital letters and no periods for most vice- (except in some instances such as vice pres- abbreviations of organizations and government ident), and to avoid confusion between words agencies. that begin with re- and look like another word. Example: CBS CIA IBM Example: ex-president NFL MADD GE self-important FBI anti-inflammatory vice-principal re-creation of the event recreation time re-pair the socks repair the computer c. in a compound adjective that precedes a noun. Example: a bitter-tasting liquid d. in any spelled-out cardinal or ordinal numbers up to ninety-nine or ninety-ninth, and with a fraction used as an adjective. LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R57 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 57 7/10/06 8:49:28 AM Spelling The following basic rules, examples, and exceptions will help you master the spellings of many words. Forming Plurals English words form plurals in many ways. Most nouns simply add -s. The following chart shows other ways of forming plural nouns and some common exceptions to the pattern. LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE General Rules for Forming Plurals If the word ends in Rule Examples ch, s, sh, x, z add -es glass, glasses a consonant + y change y to i and add -es caddy, caddies a vowel + y or o add only -s cameo, cameos monkey, monkeys a consonant + o generally add -es potato, potatoes common exceptions but sometimes add only -s cello, cellos f or ff add -s cliff, cliffs common exceptions change f to v and add -es hoof, hooves lf change f to v and add -es half, halves A few plurals are exceptions to the rules in the previous chart, but they are easy to remember. The follow- ing chart lists these plurals and some examples. Special Rules for Forming Plurals Rule Examples To form the plural of most proper names and one-word compound Cruz, Cruzes nouns, follow the general rules for plurals. Mancuso, Mancusos crossroad, crossroads To form the plural of hyphenated compound nouns or compound mother-in-law, mothers-in-law nouns of more than one word, make the most important word plural. attorney general, attorneys general Some nouns have unusual plural forms. goose, geese child, children Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms. moose scissors pants R58 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 58 7/10/06 8:49:38 AM Adding Prefixes try + ed = tried fry + ed = fried LANGUAGE HANDBOOK stay + ing = staying display + ed = displayed When adding a prefix to a word, keep the original spell- copy + ing = copying joy + ous = joyous ing of the word. Use a hyphen only when the original word is capitalized or with the prefixes all-, ex-, and self- joined to a noun or adjective. Adding -ly and -ness co + operative = cooperative When adding -ly to a word that ends in a single l, keep inter + change = interchange the l, but when the word ends in a double l, drop one l. pro + African = pro-African When the word ends in a consonant + le, drop the le. ex + partner = ex-partner When adding -ness to a word that ends in n, keep the n. casual + ly = casually Suffixes and the Silent e practical + ly = practically dull + ly = dully Many English words end in a silent letter e. Sometimes probable + ly = probably the e is dropped when a suffix is added. When adding a open + ness = openness suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends in mean + ness = meanness silent e, keep the e. like + ness = likeness sure + ly = surely Doubling the Final Consonant COMMON EXCEPTIONS awe + ful = awful; judge + ment = judgment Double the final consonant in words that end in a conso- nant preceded by a single vowel if the word is one sylla- When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word ble, if it has an accent on the last syllable that remains that ends in silent e, usually drop the e. there even after the suffix is added, or if it is a word believe + able = believable made up of a prefix and a one-syllable word. expense + ive = expensive stop + ing = stopping COMMON EXCEPTION mile + age = mileage admit + ed = admitted When adding a suffix that begins with a or o to a word replan + ed = replanned that ends in ce or ge, keep the e so the word will retain Do not double the final consonant if the accent is not on the soft c or g sound. the last syllable or if the accent shifts when the suffix is notice + able = noticeable added. Also do not double the final consonant if the final courage + ous = courageous consonant is x or w. If the word ends in a consonant and When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word the suffix begins with a consonant, do not double the that ends in ee or oe, keep the final e. final consonant. see + ing = seeing toe + ing = toeing benefit + ed = benefited similar + ly = similarly Drop the final silent e after the letters u or w. raw + er = rawer argue + ment = argument box + like = boxlike owe + ing = owing friend + less = friendless rest + ful = restful Keep the final silent e before the suffix -ing when neces- sary to avoid ambiguity. singe + ing = singeing Forming Compound Words When joining a word that ends in a consonant to a word Suffixes and the Final y that begins with a consonant, keep both consonants. out + line = outline When adding a suffix to a word that ends in a consonant after + noon = afternoon + y, change the y to i unless the suffix begins with i. Keep post + card = postcard the y in a word that ends in a vowel + y. pepper + mint = peppermint LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R59 R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 59 7/10/06 8:49:45 AM ie and ei -cede, -ceed, and -sede Learning this rhyme can save you many misspellings: Because of the relatively few words with sed– sounds, “Write i before e except after c, or when sounded like a these words are worth memorizing. as in neighbor and weigh.” There are many exceptions to These words use -cede: accede, precede, secede. this rule, including seize, seizure, leisure, weird, height, One word uses -sede: supersede. either, neither, forfeit. Three words use -ceed: exceed, proceed, succeed. LANGUAGE HANDBOOKLANGUAGE R60 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK R046-R060 EMLHB-845482.indd 60 2/9/07 8:58:19 AM TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK Succeeding on Tests This section is designed to help you prepare for both classroom and standard- ized tests. You will become familiar with the various formats of tests and the types of questions you will be required to answer. Preparing for Classroom Tests Taking objective tests Many of the tests you take in your high school classes will This section will help you learn how to prepare for class- be objective tests, meaning that they ask questions that room tests. have specific correct answers. Time is often limited for these tests, so be sure to use your time efficiently. Thinking ahead • First, read the directions carefully. If anything is • Write down information about an upcoming test— unclear, ask questions. when it will be given, what it will cover, and so • Try to respond to each item on the test, starting with on—so you can plan your study time effectively. the easier ones. • Review your textbook, quizzes, homework assign- • Skip difficult questions rather than dwelling on them. You ments, class notes, and handouts. End-of-chapter can always come back to them at the end of the test. review questions often highlight key points from • Try to include some time to review your test before your textbook. turning it in. • Develop your own questions about main ideas and Below are tips for answering specific kinds of objective important details, and practice answering them. test items: Writing your own practice tests is an excellent way to get ready for a real test. Kind of item Tips • Make studying into an active process. Rather than simply rereading your notes or a chapter in your Multiple-choice Read all the answer choices pro- textbook, try to create a summary of the material. vided before choosing one; even if This can be an outline, a list of characters, or a time the first one seems nearly correct, line. Try to include details from both your lecture a later choice may be a better notes and your textbook reading so you will be able answer. Be cautious when choosing to see connections between the two. responses that contain absolute words such as always, never, all, or • Form study groups. Explaining information to a peer none. Since most generalizations is one of the best ways to learn the material. have exceptions, absolute state- • Sleep well the night before a test. Spreading your ments are often incorrect. study time over several days should have given you enough confidence to go to bed at your regular time TTrue/Falserue/False If any part of the item is false, the the night before a test. correct answer must be “false.” • Remember that eating well helps you remain alert. Short-answer Use complete sentences to help Students who eat a regular meal on the morning of a you write a clear response. test generally score higher than those who do not. Fill-in Restate fill-ins as regular questions if you are not sure what is being asked. Matching Note in the directions whether some responses can be used more than once or not used at all. TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK R61 R061-R063 EMTTSHB-845482.indd R61 7/10/06 8:50:26 AM Taking subjective (essay) tests show specifically how much you have learned in a You will also take subjective tests during high school. particular subject area. Typically, these tests ask questions that require you to write an essay. Your grade is based more on how well Tips for taking standardized tests you are able to make your point than on whether you Standardized tests are often administered outside of reg- choose a correct answer. ular class time and require registration. Ask your teacher • When you receive the test, first read it through. If or guidance counselor how you can register early to there are several questions, determine how much ensure that you can take the test at a time and location time to spend on each question. most convenient for you. In addition, follow these tips: • Begin your answer by jotting down ideas on scratch • Skip difficult questions at first. Standardized tests are paper for several minutes. Read the test question usually timed, so first answer items you know. You again to make sure you are answering it. Then create a can return later to those you skipped. rough outline from which you can create your essay. • Mark only your answers on the answer sheet. Most • Start your essay with a thesis statement in the first standardized tests are scored by a computer, so stray paragraph and follow with paragraphs that provide marks can be read as incorrect answers. supporting evidence. Give as much information as • Frequently compare the question numbers on your TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK SKILLS TEST-TAKING possible, including examples and illustrations where test with those on your answer sheet to avoid putting appropriate. answers in the wrong spaces. • Finish your essay with a conclusion, highlighting the • If time permits, check your answers. If you are not evidence you have provided and restating your thesis. penalized for guessing, fill in answers for any items • You will probably not have time to revise and recopy you might have skipped. your essay. After you are finished writing, spend any remaining time proofreading your answer and neatly making any necessary corrections. Preparing for the PSAT and the SAT-I The verbal sections of the PSAT and SAT-I contain sentence completion items and reading comprehension questions. Preparing for Standardized Tests Standardized tests are designed to be administered to Sentence completion very large groups of students, not just those in a partic- Sentence completion items provide a sentence with one ular class. Three of the most widely known standard- or two blanks and ask you to select the word or pair of ized tests, all part of the college application process, words that best fits in the blank(s). Here is some general are the ACT, the PSAT, and the SAT. The strategies in information to help you with these questions on the PSAT this handbook refer specifically to the PSAT and SAT and SAT-I. tests, but they also can apply to preparing for the ACT • Start by reading the sentence and filling in your own and other standardized tests. word to replace the blank. Look for words that show how the word in the blank is related to the rest of The PSAT is generally administered to students in the the sentence–and, but, since, therefore, although. eleventh grade, though some schools offer it to students in the tenth grade as well. This test is designed to predict • Do not read the sentence with the words from each how well you will do on the SAT. For most students, the answer choice inserted. This may leave you with sev- PSAT is simply a practice test. Those who perform eral choices that “sound good.” exceptionally well on the eleventh grade PSAT, however, • Once you have chosen your own word to fill in the will qualify for National Merit Scholarship competition. blank, pick the word from the answer choices that is closest in meaning to your word. The SAT consists of the SAT-I: Reasoning Test and a variety of SAT-II: Subject Tests. The SAT-I is a three- hour test that evaluates your general verbal and math- ematics skills. The SAT-II: Subject Tests are hour-long tests given in specific subjects and are designed to R62 TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK R061-R063 EMTTSHB-845482.indd R62 7/10/06 8:50:38 AM TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK • If you have trouble coming up with a specific word Taking Essay Tests to fill in the blank, try to determine whether the word should be positive or negative. Even this bit of infor- Writing prompts, or long essay questions, include key words mation can help you eliminate some answer choices. that signal the strategy you will use to bring your ideas If you can eliminate even one answer choice, take a into sharp focus. Similarly, these key words also appear guess at the correct answer. in constructed responses, or short essay questions. Reading comprehension Key Word Strategy Reading comprehension questions on the PSAT and SAT-I Analyze To analyze means to systematically and measure your ability to understand and interpret what critically examine all parts of an issue or you read. Each reading passage is followed by a series of event. questions. Here are some points to keep in mind when working with these questions: ClassifClassifyy or To classify or categorize means to put ccategorizeategorize people, things, or ideas into groups, based • You get points for answering questions correctly, not on a common set of characteristics. for reading passages thoroughly. Therefore, it is to your advantage to read the passages quickly and Compare To compare is to show how things are spend your time working on the questions. and similar or alike. To contrast is to show contrcontrastast how things are different. • After quickly reading a passage, briefly summarize it. This will help you answer general questions, which Describe To describe means to present a sketch or are based on the passage as a whole. an impression. Rich detail, especially • To answer specific questions based on details details that appeal to the senses, flesh included in the passage, return to the passage to find out a description. the correct answers. Reading Comprehension is like Discuss To discuss means to systematically write an open-book test: you are expected to look at the about all sides of an issue or event. passage while answering the questions. Evaluate To evaluate means to make a judgment • Reading Comprehension passages almost never and support it with evidence. include controversial opinions. Therefore, an answer Explain To explain means to clarify or make plain. choice like “advocated the overthrow of the govern- ment” is very likely to be incorrect. IllustrIllustrateate To illustrate means to provide examples or • If you can eliminate even one answer choice, take a to show with a picture or another graphic. guess at the correct answer. Infer To infer means to read between the lines or to use knowledge or experience to draw conclusions, make generalizations, or form a prediction. JustifJustifyy To justify means to prove or to support a position with specific facts and reasons. Predict To predict means to tell what will hap- pen in the future based on an under- standing of prior events and behaviors. State To state means to briefly and concisely present information. Summarize To summarize means to give a brief overview of the main points of an event or issue. TTracerace To trace means to present the steps or stages in a process or an event in sequential or chronological order. TEST-TAKING SKILLS HANDBOOK R63 R061-R063 EMTTSHB-845482.indd R63 7/10/06 8:50:49 AM GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO Pronunciation Key This glossary lists the vocabulary words found in the selections in this book. The definition given is for the word as it is used in the selection; you may wish to consult a dictionary for other meanings of these words. The key below is a guide to the pronunciation symbols used in each entry. a at o¯ hope ng sing a¯ ape ô fork, all th thin ä father oo wood, put —th— this e end oo¯¯¯ fool zh treasure e¯ me oi oil ə ago, taken, pencil, i it ou out lemon, circus ı¯ ice u up indicates primary stress o hot u¯ use ´ indicates secondary ENGLISH ESPAÑOL A A aabidebide (ə b¯d) v. remain; p. 934 aabide/permanecerbide/permanecer v. subsistir; p. 934 aabundantlybundantly (ə bun dənt l¯e) adv. plentifully; aabundantly/abundantementebundantly/abundantemente adv. en gran cantidad; p. 417 cuantiosamente; p. 417 aacquaintancecquaintance (ə kw¯ant əns) n. the state of being aacquaintance/conocido(a)cquaintance/conocido(a) s. persona con quien se familiar with; p. 772 tiene trato o relación, sin ser amistad; p. 772 aacridcrid (ak rid) adj. burning, biting, or irritating to the aacrid/acrecrid/acre adj. irritante, amargo o desagradable al taste or smell; p. 1287 gusto y al olfato; p. 1287 aacutecute (ə kut¯ ) adj. sharp; intense; p. 839 aacute/agudocute/agudo adj. punzante; intenso; p. 839 aadmonishdmonish (ad mon ish) v. to warn; to reprimand; aadmonish/amonestardmonish/amonestar v. advertir; reprender; p. 76 p. 76 aadversarydversary (ad vər ser´ e¯ ) n. opponent; enemy; aadversary/adversariodversary/adversario s. oponente; enemigo; p. 117 p. 117 aadversitydversity (ad vur sə te¯ ) n. a state of hardship; aadversity/adversidaddversity/adversidad s. momento de gran dificultad; misfortune; p. 163 infortunio; desgracia; p. 163 aadvocatedvocate (ad və k¯at´) v. to support or argue for; aadvocate/abogardvocate/abogar v. defender o hablar a favor de p. 972 alguien; p. 972 aaggregatedggregated (a rə ¯a´ təd) adj. collected; gathered aaggregated/agregadoggregated/agregado adj. sumado; unido a un todo; into a whole; p. 651 p. 651 R64 GLOSSARY RR064-R085064-R085 EMGloss-845482.inddEMGloss-845482.indd R64R64 77/10/06/10/06 8:53:048:53:04 AMAM ailment/blanch dolencia/blanqueado(a) GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO aailmentilment (al ¯ mənt) n. sickness or affliction; p. 1159 aailment/dolenciailment/dolencia s. enfermedad o aflicción; p. 1159 aallayingllaying (ə l¯a in) adj. putting at rest; relieving; aallaying/calmarllaying/calmar v. tranquilizar; aplacar; p. 472 p. 472 aalteration/alteraciónlteration/alteración s. cambio; modificación; aalterationlteration (ol´ tə r¯a shən) n. change; modification; p. 295 p. 295 aamends/reparaciónmends/reparación s. desagravio, compensación o aamendsmends (ə mendz ) n. something done or given to satisfacción por una ofensa, daño o injuria; p. 365 make up for injury, loss, etc.; p. 365 aamiability/afabilidadmiability/afabilidad s. amabilidad, cordialidad; aamiabilitymiability (a me ¯ ə bil´ ə t¯e) n. kindliness; p. 1142 friendliness; p. 1142 aanarchy/anarquíanarchy/anarquía s. desconcierto o desorganización aanarchynarchy (an ər k¯e) n. a complete lack of political por ausencia de una autoridad; p. 1113 order; chaos; p. 1113 aantidote/antídotontidote/antídoto s. medicina usada para contrarrestar aantidotentidote (an ti d¯ot´) n. a medicine used to los efectos de una substancia venenosa; counteract the effects of a poison; any counteracting contraveneno; p. 394 remedy; p. 394 aappall/consternarppall/consternar v. horrorizar, conmocionar; p. 362 aappallppall (ə pol ) v. to fill with horror and shock; p. 362 aappease/apaciguarppease/apaciguar v. aquietar; tranquilizar o calmar; aappeaseppease (ə p¯ez ) v. to bring to a state of peace or p. 1197 quiet; to satisfy; p. 1197 aarbiter/árbitro(a)rbiter/árbitro(a) s. persona que actúa como un juez aarbiterrbiter (ar bə tər) n. a judge; p. 846 en un conflicto; p. 846 aarrogance/arroganciarrogance/arrogancia s. altanería, demasiado orgullo aarrogancerrogance (ar ə əns) n. overbearing pride or self- o soberbia; p. 134 importance; p. 134 aartifice/artificiortifice/artificio s. habilidad; arte o ingenio con lo que aartificertifice (ar tə fis) n. trickery; deception; p. 1111 algo está hecho; p. 1111 aaspirespire (əs p¯r ) v. to strive for; p. 87 aaspire/aspirarspire/aspirar v. anhelar; p. 87 aassentssent (ə sent ) v. to agree to something after aassent/acordarssent/acordar v. determinar o deliberar consideration; concur; p. 1316 individualmente; estar de acuerdo; p. 1316 aavaricevarice (av ər is) n. greed; p. 381 aavarice/avariciavarice/avaricia s. codicia; p. 381 aawrywry (ə r¯ ) adj. wrong; in a faulty way; p. 307 aawry/malwry/mal adj. contrariamente a lo previsto o a lo deseado; p. 307 B B bbalmalm (bam) n. a healing ointment; a soothing bbalm/bálsamoalm/bálsamo s. sustancia medicinal; ungüento que application; p. 273 alivia; p. 273 bbarrenarren (bar ən) adj. having little or no vegetation; bbarren/yermoarren/yermo adj. que tiene poca o ninguna bare; p. 1321 vegetación; pelado; p. 1321 bbeguileeguile (bi ¯l ) v. to mislead by trickery; to bbeguile/embaucareguile/embaucar v. despistar mediante trampas; deceive; p. 420 engañar; p. 420 bbenignenign (bi n¯n ) adj. pleasant and friendly; bbenign/benigno(a)enign/benigno(a) adj. afable, benévolo, piadoso; p. 1249 p. 1249 bbitteritter (bit ər) adj. hard to bear; causing pain; bbitter/amargado(a)itter/amargado(a) adj. que guarda resentimiento por p. 261 frustraciones o disgustos; p. 261 bblanchlanch (blanch) v. to turn white or become pale; bblanch/blanqueado(a)lanch/blanqueado(a) adj. decoloración; p. 78 p. 78 GLOSSARY R65 R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R65 7/10/06 8:53:17 AM bleak/concord helado(a)/pacto IO bbleakleak (bl¯ek) adj. cold; harsh; raw; p. 721 bbleak/leak/ hhelado(a)elado(a) adj. crudo; brutal; riguroso; p. 721 AR bblightlight (bl ¯t) n. a disease caused by parasites that bblight/royalight/roya s. hongo parásito que ataca plantas y makes plants and trees wither and die; p. 954 árboles; p. 954 OS bblithelithe (bl ¯th) adj. carefree; lighthearted; p. 187 bblithe/alegrelithe/alegre adj. despreocupado; tranquilo p. 187 bbombastombast (bom bast) n. pretentious language; bbombast/lenguajeombast/lenguaje ppomposoomposo s. expresiones ostentosas Y/GL R p. 548 o pedantes; p. 548 A bran dish S bbrandishrandish ( ) v. to shake or swing bbrandish/blandirrandish/blandir v. levantar o mover de modo threateningly, as a weapon; p. 203 amenazante, como un arma; p. 203 OS bbrevityrevity (brev ə t¯e) n. shortness in speech or writing; bbrevity/brevedadrevity/brevedad s. corta extensión o duración de un GL p. 1196 discurso o escrito; p. 1196 C C ccalamityalamity (kə lam ə t¯e) n. disaster; extreme ccalamity/calamidadalamity/calamidad s. desgracia; infortunio; misfortune; p. 307 p. 307 ccallousnessallousness (kal əs nəs) n. hardness in mind or ccallousness/insensibilidadallousness/insensibilidad s. dureza al pensar o feelings; insensitivity; p. 1195 actuar; crueldad; p. 1195 ccareerareer (kə rer ¯ ) v. to move or run with a swift ccareer/apresurarseareer/apresurarse v. moverse o correr de prisa; headlong motion; to rush or dash along; p. 1299 avanzar con rapidez; p. 1299 ccavalcadeavalcade (kav´ əl ka¯d ) n. a ceremonial procession; ccavalcade/cabalgataavalcade/cabalgata s. desfile ceremonial; p. 555 p. 555 ccensureensure (sen´ shər) n. strong disapproval; ccensure/censuraensure/censura s. reprobación; crítica o juicio condemnation as wrong; p. 302 negativos; p. 302 cchastehaste (ch¯ast) adj. pure; virtuous; modest; p. 471 cchaste/puro(a)haste/puro(a) adj. casto; modesto; virtuoso; p. 471 ccleaveleave (kl¯ev) v. to tear or rip; to split something ccleave/partirleave/partir v. rajar o hender; dividir algo en dos o apart; p. 856 más partes; p. 856 ccommendommend (kə mend ) v. to praise; to express ccommend/elogiarommend/elogiar v. ensalzar; alabar; p. 589 approval of; p. 589 ccommiserationommiseration (kə miz´ ə ra¯ shən) n. a feeling or ccommiseration/conmiseraciónommiseration/conmiseración s. sentimiento o expression of sympathy; compassion; p. 1195 expresión de compasión; lástima; p. 1195 ccompensationompensation (kom´ pən sa¯ shən) n. something ccompensation/compensaciónompensation/compensación s. algo que se da that offsets, counterbalances, or makes up for; para compensar, remunerar o retribuir algo; p. 1073 p. 1073 ccomplaisanceomplaisance (kəm pla¯ səns) n. a willingness to ccomplaisance/afabilidadomplaisance/afabilidad s. amabilidad; deseo de please, be gracious, or be courteous; p. 618 complacer o ser cortés; p. 618 ccomposureomposure (kəm po¯ zhər) n. a calm or tranquil ccomposure/composturaomposure/compostura s. estado mental de state of mind; p. 149 tranquilidad o calma; p. 149 ccompulsoryompulsory (kəm pul sər e¯) adj. obligatory; ccompulsory/obligatorio(a)ompulsory/obligatorio(a) adj. que tiene que ser required; p. 1250 hecho, cumplido u obedecido; p. 1250 cconcedeoncede (kən s¯ed ) v. to admit as true; acknowledge; cconcede/concederoncede/conceder v. admitir; reconocer, convenir; p. 128 p. 128 cconcordoncord (kon kord) n. an agreement of interests or cconcord/pactooncord/pacto s. acuerdo, convenio, lo que se decide feelings; p. 257 entre dos partes; p. 257 R66 GLOSSARY R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R66 7/10/06 8:53:28 AM condescend/covetousness condescender/codicia GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO ccondescendondescend (kon´ di send ) v. to lower oneself; ccondescend/condescenderondescend/condescender v. dignarse; acceder; p. 730 p. 730 cconfiningonfining (kən f¯n in) adj. restricting; limiting; cconfining/restrictivoonfining/restrictivo adj. que restringe; p. 625 p. 625 cconfoundonfound (kən found ) v. to confuse; to defeat or cconfound/confundironfound/confundir v. turbar; desconcertar; overthrow; to bewilder; p. 597, 748 p. 597, 748 ccongealongeal (kən j¯el ) v. harden; thicken; p. 267 ccongeal/congelar(se)ongeal/congelar(se) v. solidificar(se); cuajar(se); espesar(se); p. 267 ccongenialongenial (kən j¯en e¯ əl) adj. compatible; agreeable; ccongenial/compatibleongenial/compatible adj. afín; que concuerda; p. 730 p. 730 ccongregationongregation (kon´ rə a¯ shən) n. a group of ccongregation/congregaciónongregation/congregación s. grupo de personas que people who gather for religious worship; p. 439 se reúne para orar; p. 439 cconjectureonjecture (kən jek chər) v. to infer from cconjecture/conjeturaronjecture/conjeturar v. inferir sin evidencias inconclusive evidence; to guess; p. 575 suficientes o claras; suponer; p. 575 cconspiringonspiring (kən sp¯r in) adj. planning or plotting cconspiring/conspiraronspiring/conspirar v. unirse o aliarse para preparar secretly; p. 877 una acción contra algo; p. 877 cconstantonstant (kon stənt) adj. never stopping, cconstant/constanteonstant/constante adj. que se repite continuamente; continuous; faithful, steadfast; p. 466 que permanece igual; que no deja de hacer lo empezado; p. 466 cconstellationonstellation (kon´ stə la¯ shən) n. any of eighty- cconstellation/constelaciónonstellation/constelación s. uno de ochenta y ocho eight groups of stars, many of which traditionally grupos de estrellas, que en muchos casos representan represent characters and objects in ancient mythology; personajes y objetos de la mitología antigua; p. 1335 p. 1335 cconstituteonstitute (kon stə t¯¯¯oot´) v. make up; form; cconstituted/constituióonstituted/constituió v. formó; compuso; p. 1120 p. 1120 ccontemplationontemplation (kon´ təm pl¯a shən) n. careful ccontemplation/contemplaciónontemplation/contemplación s. consideración o thought or consideration; meditation; p. 440 reflexión cuidadosa; meditación; p. 440 ccontinualontinual (kən tin u¯ əl) adj. ongoing; repeated ccontinual/continuo(a)ontinual/continuo(a) adj. constante; sin frequently; p. 261 interrupción; p. 261 cconvergeonverge (kən vurj ) v. to come together in a cconverge/convergeronverge/converger v. llegar a una conclusión o common interest or conclusion; to center; p. 1142 interés común; dirigirse a un mismo punto; p. 1142 cconvictiononviction (kən vik shən) n. a strong belief; p. 1113 cconviction/convicciónonviction/convicción s. ideas en las que se cree firmemente; p. 1113 ccopiouslyopiously (k¯o p ¯e əs le¯ ) adv. plentifully; p. 175 ccopiously/copiosamenteopiously/copiosamente adv. de modo abundante; p. 175 ccordialordial (kor jəl) adj. personable and likeable; p. 1161 ccordial/cordialordial/cordial adj. afectuoso, amable; p. 1161 ccountenanceountenance (koun tə nəns) n. someone’s face; the ccountenance/semblanteountenance/semblante s. cara; expresión del rostro; expression on someone’s face; p. 981 p. 981 ccovetousnessovetousness (kuv it əs nəs) n. great desire for ccovetousness/codiciaovetousness/codicia s. deseo intenso de obtener algo something belonging to another; p. 440 que pertenece a otro; p. 440 GLOSSARY R67 R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R67 7/10/06 8:53:41 AM dappled/discern moteado(a)/discernir IO D D AR ddappledappled (dap əld) adj. marked with spots; p. 953 ddappled/moteado(a)appled/moteado(a) adj. adornado con manchas o lunares; p. 953 OS ddauntlessauntless (dont lis) adj. daring; not easily ddauntless/intrépidoauntless/intrépido adj. sin miedo; atrevido; discouraged; p. 186 p. 186 Y/GL R ddeemeem (de¯m) v. regard as; consider; p. 272 ddeem/considerareem/considerar v. estimar; juzgar; p. 272 A S ddeferenceeference (def ər əns) n. courteous respect; ddeference/deferenciaeference/deferencia s. tratamiento cortés o p. 569 respetuoso; p. 569 OS ddeftlyeftly (deft le¯) adv. skillfully; nimbly; p. 122 ddeftly/diestramenteeftly/diestramente adv. hábilmente; ágilmente; GL p. 122 ddefunctefunct (di funkt ) adj. no longer existing or active; ddefunct/difuntoefunct/difunto adj. que ya no existe; muerto; dead; p. 1348 p. 1348 ddefyefy (di f¯ ) v. to resist; to refuse to cooperate with; ddefying/desafianteefying/desafiante adj. que se niega a cooperar; p. 627 p. 627 ddeitieseities (d¯e ə t¯ez) n. gods or goddesses; divinities; ddeities/deidadeseities/deidades s. dioses o diosas; divinidades; p. 872 p. 872 ddelugeeluge (del uj¯ ) n. anything that overwhelms as if by a ddeluge/diluvioeluge/diluvio s. torrente; algo que abruma o cae flood; p. 523 como un diluvio; p. 523 ddemolitionemolition (dem´ ə lish ən) n. the state of being ddemolition/demoliciónemolition/demolición s. derribo o destrucción; demolished or obliterated; p. 986 p. 986 ddenigrationenigration (den´ i ra¯ shən) n. defamation of ddenigration/denigraciónenigration/denigración s. acción de ofender o one’s character or reputation; slander; p. 1307 desacreditar a alguien; calumnia; p. 1307 ddesolateesolate (des ə lit) adj. destitute of inhabitants; ddesolate/desolado(a)esolate/desolado(a) adj. falto de habitantes; deserted; p. 873 desierto; p. 873 ddespoticespotic (des pot ik) adj. tyrannical; oppressive; ddespotic/déspotaespotic/déspota adj. tiránico; opresivo; p. 1080 p. 1080 ddestinyestiny (des tə n¯e) n. fate; what will necessarily ddestiny/destinoestiny/destino n. fortuna; encadenamiento de happen; p. 1095 sucesos necesario e inevitable; p. 1095 ddiffusiveiffusive (di fu ¯ siv) adj. spread out or widely ddiffusive/difuso(a)iffusive/difuso(a) adj. difundido o esparcido; scattered; p. 927 p. 927 ddigressigress (d¯ res) v. to stray from the main subject; ddigress/divagarigress/divagar v. desviarse del tema principal; p. 570 p. 570 ddilemmailemma (di lem ə) n. a situation requiring a choice ddilemma/dilemailemma/dilema s. situación de duda en la que hay between equally undesirable alternatives; p. 1154 que elegir; p. 1154 ddiligentlyiligently (dil ə jənt l¯e) adv. persistently; p. 86 ddiligently/diligentementeiligently/diligentemente adv. de modo persistente; p. 86 ddirefulireful (d¯r fəl) adj. terrible; dreadful; p. 320 ddireful/espantoso(a)ireful/espantoso(a) adj. terrible; atroz; p. 320 ddirgeirge (durj) n. a song sung in grief; a mournful ddirge/endechairge/endecha s. canción triste o de lamento; himno hymn; p. 855 fúnebre; p. 855 ddisabuseisabuse (dis´ ə buz ¯ ) v. to free from a falsehood or ddisabuse/desengañarisabuse/desengañar v. sacar a alguien del error; misconception; p. 590 p. 590 ddiscerniscern (di surn ) v. to perceive; to detect; p. 523 ddiscern/discerniriscern/discernir v. percibir; detectar; p. 523 R68 GLOSSARY R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R68 7/10/06 8:53:52 AM GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO 7/10/06 8:54:03 AM7/10/06 8:54:03 AM R69 p. 535 p. p. 148 p. p. 426 p. p. 746 p. p. 295 p. p. 1141 p. GLOSSARY GLOSSARY p. 1336 p. p. 1099 p. p. 213 p. p. 608 p. que siente o muestra que siente o muestra liberar; poner en libertad; que se expresa con énfasis; p. 200 p. separado; extendido o tacto, sensatez; con poca luz y melancólico; v. v. r cuidadoso al hablar o actuar; al hablar o actuar; cuidadoso entretenimiento; distracción; adj. ) comunicación oral o escrita; comunicación poder o control sobre algo; a adj. s. e o ) patentemente diferente; sin acuerdo en las opiniones; sin las opiniones; en sin acuerdo salir de una fuente; expedir; triste; p n s s s. i a dar a conocer; revelar; s. adj. moverse en diferentes direcciones ( s. ó c ( o n ) i r construcción alta; se refiere o arrobamiento; un estado más alla de s. v. hacer feliz; n o ñ adj. a c ó r s a chistoso; cómico; raro; extraer la esencia; v. a i v. c ( a i r s e e adj. r o habitar, morar; a adj. i s r s. s. t r r t v. i o d u r a d o n o í m s r fuerza desconocida que actúa sobre las fuerza desconocida que actúa sobre las c v. e r e o á g c s i s r e g i a p. 604 p. r d f r s v. e a r l s r s o p i i e v j c b r i / p. 107 p. adj. c a i n i e i s i p. 102 p. p. 132 p. c u e a s. l g m d d s i f e d e i p. 589 p. i t c v e s d i v v i d / / l t m l t o e i i / i i / d x i l / f o / d s d a n b o / e n d s c d d d é u i n / a g i i e s e e / / s p / f o / e / t e t / s t s i i / e o / r l i e s r d d e y l i e e t n / a r a c r e i r / / r u s u s g s g / a l e e l / h f n n c l l r r r a e l l m r a o o r i e i l t e a a p f e e u e e t c c c c d m p t l o i s o prudente; p. 720 cosas fatalidad; y determina sucesos; razón o dominio de sí mismo; p. 1181 p. 808 p. 605 armonía; p. 1133 repartido; desde un punto común; desviarse; desprecio; p. 772 particularmente a un edificio alto y de aspecto imponente; p. 285 s v v s s s s s s s v v a i i i o o r w i i i i i i i i i m m m c d l discordia/enfático(a) eemanate/emanar eemancipate/emancipar eemphatic/enfático(a) ddiversion/diversión ddivulge/divulgar ddoleful/afligido dominion/dominiodominion/dominio ddoom/sino ddroll/risible ddwell/residir E eecstasy/éxtasis eedifice/edificio eelate/regocijar ddiscord/discordia ddiscourse/discurso ddiscreet/discreto ddiscretion/discreción ddisdainful/desdeñoso ddismal/sombrío(a) ddisperse/dispersar(se) ddistill/destilar ddiverge/divergir ddiverse/diverso p. 426 p. p. 148 p. p. 1336 p. p. 535 p. p. 102 p. p. 808 p. p. 1141 p. p. 213 p. to free; to liberate; p. 746 p. p. 608 p. feeling or showing ) v. good judgment; control or the exercise of with strong emphasis; ¯t´ p. 295 p. p. 200 p. ) n. to come forth from a ) n. verbal communication in verbal communication ) n. an amusement; an ) adj. having or showing having or careful to scatter about; distribute to scatter about; distribute ) v. a state beyond reason or self- markedly different; dark and gloomy; ) n. ) adj. sad; to move in different directions a building, especially a large ) v. to make known; disclose; ¯t´ p. 107 p. ) n. ) adj. a lack of agreement or of agreement ) n. a lack e p. 285 p. ) adj. ) v. that which cannot be escaped; ) adj. ¯n fəl ¯n ) n. ors´ to extract the essence of; ) v. ) adj. p. 1181 p. ¯t amusingly odd; to live as a resident; p. 605 p. ord to make happy; ) v. ) n. i man sə pa i man ) v. ) v. dis kresh ən dis kresh dis da də min yən də min dis k dis ( em fat ik em fat di vur zhən di vur vurj ) adj. p. 589 p. em ə na em ¯l fəl ¯l dis purs e dis kre ( ( t ( d¯ dis k dis ( oom di vulj ek stə s¯ ek di vurs ( l ( ¯t do ol p. 1099 p. p. 720 p. diz məl diz ed ə fis ed ( a p. 132 p. n ( n e c d¯¯¯ u n ( i e dwel dis til ( s ( p f ( o e ( ( t o i la t ( t dr¯ i i ( o ( r i l e s p. 604 p. d e y l e i t e n ( a a c e i r ( ( r u n s u s s g g ( a l e e l ( i h f n n c l l r r r a e l l m a r o o r i e i l t e a a p f e e e u e t c d m p t c c c l m o i s o speech or writing; speech or control; entertainment; harmony; widely; p. 772 contempt; scornful; judgment in speech and action; prudent; and action; judgment in speech source; to issue; control; p. 1133 death, ruin, or destruction; one; from a common point; to branch out; v v v v s s s s s s s s a w o r i i i o o i i i i i i i i i m m l m c d discord/emphatic eemphatic eemancipate eelate eemanate eecstasy eedifice E ddwell ddoom ddroll ddominion ddivulge ddoleful ddiverse ddiversion ddiverge ddisperse ddistill ddismal ddiscretion ddisdainful ddiscreet ddiscourse ddiscord R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R69R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R69 endure/flounder soportar/tambaleando IO eendurendure (en door ) v. bear; tolerate; put up eendure/soportarndure/soportar v. resistir; tolerar; aguantar; p. 426 with; p. 426 AR eenmity/enemistadnmity/enemistad s. hostilidad; p. 420 eenmitynmity (en mə t¯e) n. ill will; hostility; p. 420 OS eenvious/envidioso(a)nvious/envidioso(a) adj. que siente dolor o pesar eenviousnvious (en ve¯ əs) adj. feeling jealous or del bien de otros; que desea lo que no posee; discontented because of the good fortune or superior p. 1252 Y/GL abilities of another; p. 1252 R eesteem/estimasteem/estima s. opinión o actitud favorable; aprecio; A eesteemsteem (es te¯m ) n. favorable opinion; p. 549 p. 549 S eestimablestimable (es tə mə bəl) adj. deserving of esteem; eestimable/estimablestimable/estimable adj. que merece aprecio; OS admirable; p. 102 admirable; p. 102 GL eexecutexecute (ek sə ku¯t´) v. to carry out; to put into eexecute/ejecutarxecute/ejecutar v. llevar a cabo; realizar; p. 285 effect; p. 285 eexotic/exótico(a)xotic/exótico(a) adj. extrañamente hermoso o eexxoottiicc (i zot ik) adj. strangely beautiful or fascinante; p. 1048 fascinating; p. 1048 eexplicit/explícito(a)xplicit/explícito(a) adj. que expresa claramente y eexplicitxplicit (eks plis it) adj. plainly and clearly expressed; determinadamente; p. 1250 definite; p. 1250 eexploit/hazañaxploit/hazaña s. proeza; p. 376 eexploitxploit (eks ploit) n. bold deed; p. 376 eexpound/exponerxpound/exponer v. presentar en detalle; explicar; eexpoundxpound (iks pound ) v. to set forth in detail; p. 86 explain; p. 86 eextraordinary/extraordinario(a)xtraordinary/extraordinario(a) adj. que excede lo eextraordinaryxtraordinary (iks tro r də ner´ e¯) adj. very unusual normal o lo ordinario; p. 987 or remarkable; p. 987 eexultation/exultaciónxultation/exultación s. júbilo; regocijo; p. 655 eexultationxultation (e´ zul ta¯ shən) n. joy; elation; p. 655 F F ffaculty/facultadaculty/facultad s. capacidad mental; habilidad; ffacultyaculty (fak əl t¯e) n. capacity of the mind; ability; aptitud; p. 729 aptitude; p. 729 ffallow/barbechoallow/barbecho s. tierra arada y sin sembrar para ffallowallow (fal o¯) n. land plowed but left unseeded; dejarla descansar; p. 953 p. 953 ffarce/farsaarce/farsa s. comedia humorística en la que se ffaarrcece (fars) n. a humorous drama in which the situation exagera la situación de los personajes; p. 1074 and characters are greatly exaggerated; p. 1074 ffatal/crucialatal/crucial adj. que es decisivo o muy importante ffatalatal (f¯at əl) adj. causing death, destruction, or porque condiciona el desarrollo de algo; p. 1095 harm; p. 1095 ffeigned/fingido(a)eigned/fingido(a) adj. simulado; imaginado; p. 929 ffeignedeigned (fa¯nd) adj. pretended; imagined; p. 929 ffeuds/contiendas.euds/contiendas. adj. lidia, pelea; disputa o ffeudeud (f¯ud) n. lengthy, bitter conflict or dispute; discusión; p. 1095 p. 1095 ffidelity/fidelidadidelity/fidelidad s. lealtad y constancia que se debe a ffidelityidelity (fi del ə te¯) n. the quality or state of being las ideas, afectos, obligaciones; p. 1329 faithful; p. 1329 fflee/huirlee/huir v. escapar(se); p. 261 ffleelee (fle¯) v. to run away; p. 261 ffleet/ligero(a)leet/ligero(a) adj. apresurado; rápido; p. 1000 ffleetleet (fle¯t) adj. swift; fast; p. 1000 ffloundering/tambaleandoloundering/tambaleando v. moviéndose como si fflounderlounder (floun dər) v. struggle to obtain footing; fuese a caer; p. 1269 p. 1269 R70 GLOSSARY R064-R085 EMGloss-845482.indd R70 7/10/06 8:54:41 AM GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO 7/10/06 8:54:51 AM7/10/06 8:54:51 AM R71 p. 721 p. p. 87 p. p. 121 p. p. 1349 p. GLOSSARY GLOSSARY p. 1202 p. p. 878 p. p. 1316 p. p. 1204 p. antes de todo, destacado o antes de despoblado, desierto; despreocupado; sin prestar adj. adj. preparación o preocupación para preparación o preocupación p. 77 p. ) que no es serio; tonto; ) adj. tratar de resolver; luchar; a a reír a carcajadas o vulgarmente; formado o moldeado, a menudo formado o moldeado, e alcanzar el máximo desarrollo el máximo alcanzar o s. satisfacer; complacer; - ( t afectuoso y amable; agradable y excesivamente brillante; enfrentamientos o desacuerdos mirada de dolor o disgusto; conseguir o lograr resultados luego n o v. o n p. 216 p. v. ( r ó v. v. e d adj. r hendidura hecha en la tierra con el r i s. a r n. r r v. ovacionar; aclamar; a a s o adj. delicado; débil; e a r l disparate; hecho o dicho imprudentes o hecho o dicho imprudentes disparate; e e i l a e n adj. adj. e j c o f l a c s. v c o j o i ó m i e n v. p. 303 p. e i d i s a e h e a o f v d r s. i disputa o contienda ardiente; c r i í c r ó p. 1082 p. r p. 712 p. p. 869 p. u a e c c c p. 1203 p. r l t j r a a n d c r l r p adj. o p e i f d i r r i l a r o l e / m / / i / a s. / s r u f f r t r o t u / h o f s s c s / / g a f n o s g c / c c o e h / s / / e u / c á h t ñ e / / o l c o n i g i e l / r s d y l o w w i k l h f i r a p l v f o / a n m s e i / a r / i a s o d i / l i p t o f t y l a r e e g s i y m u l i e f r n v c atender contingencias o evitaratender contingencias futuros; males p. 1186 insensatos; arado; ranura; arruga en la cara; llamativo; están de trabajar por ellos; recoger cultivos cuando maduros; p. 1169 progreso; prosperar; progreso; amistoso; en primer lugar; atención; mediante golpes o presión después de calentarse; mediante golpes o p. 25 p. 1269 p. 1153 entre personas o colectividades; i a a r l r r r r e i i a a a e o a e l r r r u r u l o o o o o r r r florecer/indiferente H hhail/vitorear hheedless/indiferente ffrivolous/frívolo ffurrow/surco G ggarish/chillón ggenial/cordial gglean/cosechar ggrapple/forcejear ggratify/gratificar ggrimace/mueca gguffaw/carcajear fflourish/florecer ffolly/locura fforemost/primer(o-a) fforesight/previsión fforged/forjado fforsaken/desolado(a) ffrail/frágil ffray/riña ffriction/fricción p. 87 p. p. 878 p. p. 121 p. p. 77 p. p. 1349 p. p. 1316 p. p. 1202 p. p. 869 p. p. 1204 p. ahead of all others or in ahead of deserted or lonely; not serious; silly; p. 25 p. careless; not paying preparation or concern for the preparation or concern ) adj. the clashing between two to satisfy; indulge; ) adj. giving warmth and comfort; a look of pain or disgust; excessively flashy; gaudy; bright; to attempt to deal with; to ) adj. to exist peak of at the p. 712 p. ) n. ) v. ) n. to laugh loudly and boisterously; ) adj. formed or shaped, often with blows formed or shaped, ) v. ) n. ¯st´ a long, narrow trench in the ground ) v. p. 216 p. ) adj. t´ ) adj. ) v. foolishness; an irrational and useless an irrational and foolishness; ak ən ak ) n. to collect slowly and carefully; to gather delicate; fragile; ) adj. o p. 303 p. o e əl ) n. ) v. ed lis ed r mo r a heated dispute or contest; r s¯ r acclaim; pay tribute to; r s¯ r ¯ fo fo h¯ friv ə ləs friv fo p. 1203 p. rim is rim p. 1169 p. rap əl rap flur ish flur ¯ ar ish ar