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ReadingMidterm VICKI
FOR READING FINALS
Question | Answer |
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another word for verses | stanzas |
to desrcibe one thing as if it was something else | metaphor |
gives human qualities to something nonhuman | personification |
to compare to unlike things using "like" or "as" | simlie |
anything that represents something else | symbol |
the repition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words | alliteration |
the use of any element of language more than once | repetition |
the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables | assonance |
the repetition of similiar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables | consonance |
the use of words that imitate sounds | onomatopoeia |
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words | rhyme |
the rhymical pattern in a poem | meter |
tells a story in a verse | narrative |
a three-line Japanese verse form | Haiku |
defined by its lack of strict structure, has a regular meter, rhyme, fixed line lenght, or specific stanza pattern | free verse |
expresses thoughts and feeling of a single speaker | lyric |
songlike poems that tell a story | ballads |
shaped to look like their subjects | concrete |
humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specifc rhytm pattern and rhyme scheme | limericks |
pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length | rhyming couplets |
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally | figurative language |
enhance a poem's mood and meaning | sound devices |
the people or animals who take in a story's action | characters |
the way a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities | characterization |
the writer describes the characters through adjectives | direct characterization |
the writer reveals the character through speed and actions | indirect characterizations |
the central message expressed in a story | theme |
a recurring theme | universal theme |
the sequence of events in a short story | plot |
introduces the setting, time, and place | exposition |
introduces the conflict or problem | rising action |
the turning point of the story | climax |
part of the story when the conflict lessons | falling action |
story's conclusion | resolution |
the use of clues early in a story to hint for future events | foreshadowing |
placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurences | flashback |
general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising and unexpected events that happen | irony |
form of language spoken by people in a particular region or a group | dialect |
the reason or reasons that explain why characters act as they do | motivation |
In Bailando, who is the speaker talking to | their Aunt |
What is the title of Desert is My Mother | a metaphor |
What type of poem is Seal | concrete |
What type of peom is the Rider | lyric poem |
What type of figurative language does Bailando use | repetition |
In Mother to Son, who is the speaker, who is she speaking to | mother, her son |