Oae English Language Arts 020 Study Guide Graded A+

Poetry Characteristics {Ans: Figurative language, meter, sound, imagery, format.}Abstract Language {Ans: Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places.}Aphorism {Ans: A short statement that expresses a general truth}Reading Comprehension Strategies {Ans: Understanding what you have read by making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing and metacognition.}Ad Hominem {Ans: In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man."}Ethnocentric {Ans: The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own group and culture.}