ENGLISH REVIEWER BATTLE

• Conflict - is the struggle, battle, or disagreement between characters or forces existing in a story.
• Figurative language - Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as “figures of speech”
• 3 kinds of IRONY

  1.  Verbal irony

  2. Situational irony

  3. Dramatic irony
•      Verbal irony occurs when a character says one thing but means the opposite.>Is also called sarcasm or being sarcastic
•       Situational irony

  >occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected.

  >is when an outcome is completely unexpected
•       Dramatic irony

  >occurs when the reader understands more about the events of a story than a character.

  >therefore, when you know something that a character does not
• ORAL LITERATURE - includes stories, drams, riddles, histories, myths, songs, proverbs, and other expressions to educate and entertain children.
• Collocation is a pair of or group of words that are often used together (word partner).
• TOP-DOWN LISTENING STRATEGIES - the listener taps into background knowledge of the topic, the situation or context, the type of text, and the language.  
• BOTTOM-UP LISTENING STRATEGIES - They are text based.

  >The listener relies on the language in the message ( sounds, words, and grammar that creates meaning.
• CARD CATALOG - Is a cabinet of small drawers filled with cards for each book in the library.
• THREE TYPES OF CARD CATALOG

  1. AUTHOR CARD

  2. SUBJECT CARD

  3. TITLE CARD
• AUTHOR CARD- it is a first entry of a card that indicates the name of the author.
• SUBJECT CARD - it is a first entry of a card that indicates non- fiction subjects of the book.
• TITLE CARD - it is a first entry of a card that indicates the title of the book.
• Online public access catalog ( OPAC)
• Online public access catalog ( opac)       •     Is an online bibiliography of a library collection that is available to the public.
•       OPAC’s developed as stand- alone online catalogs
•       We the arrival of the internet, most libraries have made their OPAC accessible from a server to users all over the world.
• The OPAC search form allows searching by any combination of author, title, subject or key word, date or format.
• CAUSE -  is why something happened.
• EFFECT  -  result of what happened.
• Explanatory writing  - type of paragraphs that explains or elucidates a concept or an idea.
• Transcoding - term that usually used in digital arts.

  -   It is the ability to adopt or convert a digital file so it can be viewed in different playback devices.
• Top- down listening strategy   - it is the use of your background knowledge in understanding the message being given to you.
• Bottom -up listening strategy  - It is when you understand what you are hearing without depending on your background knowledge.
• Informative essay  - called an expository essay, is one that educates the readers.  

  -  It used to inform, define a term, analyze a subject or situation.
• Rhetorical question  - This kind of question that needs to answer because the answer is already obvious.
• Analogy - This technique is a form of reasoning that a speaker may use which compares a thing to another so as to make his or her point.
• Anecdote  -   short and interesting account of an event.

  -   it is a technique used to support a claim that is usually a conclusion
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-  greates english writer, sonnet writer, bard of avon, Mcbeth and Hamlet.
•  EDGAR  ALLAN POE- Father of Horror Story, The Raven and Annabel Lee
• GOEFFREY CHAUCER- Father of English Literature, Morning Star Literature and Canterbury Tales.
• GUY DE MAUPASSANT- Foremost French short story writer.
• HOMER- Mythical Geographer
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE- Indian national poet and Gianjali
• KALIDASA- Indian Shakespeare
• NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE- Scarlet Letter
• HARRY POTTER- J.K Rowling
• JOHN MILTON - Lost Paradise