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Final Exam Review122
Question | Answer |
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Nonfiction | A true story |
Fiction | a story that is not true |
Fact | a statement that can be proved, such as "Mars is the fourth planet from the sun" |
Opinion | A statement that reflects the writer's belief. Ex: Mars is the most beautiful planet |
Onomatopoeia | the use of words such as buzz or splash that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to |
Free verse | Poetry that avoids repetition of the same line length, meter, or rhyme scheme from line to line |
Lyric | usually song like or personally poetry |
Stanza | a group of poetic lines that belong together |
Alliteration | repeated sounds in a passage of verse. Ex: Shelly sells seashells by the seashore |
Imagery | consists of words and phrases that appeal to the readers'5 senses. Look, feel, sound, smell and taste |
Speaker | imaginary person who speaks the words in the poem |
Simile | compares two things using the words "like" or "as" |
Metaphor | calls one thing another without using "like" or "as" |
Personification | gives human qualities to animals, ideas, or things |
Irony | a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated. Ex: The irony of her reply, "how nice!" when i said i had to work all weekend |
First person point of view | Point of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction |
Third person point of view | a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person, using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she" |
Omniscient point of view | Point of view in which the narrator sees into the minds of all of the characters |
static character | character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial e or growth in the course of a story |
dynamic character | the character undergoes an important, internal change because of the action in the plot |
antagonist | the character who opposes the hero, or protagonist. The antagonist, when there is one, provides the story's conflict |
protagonist | the hero or narrator of the story |
flashback | a scene that describes an event that occurred before the time in which the main story is set |
forshadowing | a word used to describe clues about events yet to occur in a story |
plot | events in a story particularly rendered toward the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect or general theme |
exposition | beginning of the plot, sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters and gives important background information |
rising action | events in the plot that lead up to the climax of the story |
climax | the point in the story when the conflict comes to a head, leading to a resolution |
falling action | part of the plot of the story that occurs after the climax |
resolution | the end of the plot when all the loose ends are tied up |
internal conflict | a mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character |
external conflict | a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment |
theme | main idea, or message, of an essay, paragraph, movie, or a book. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly |
mood | atmosphere is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
tone | attitude the writer has towards the subject that he/she is writing about |
setting | the place or location where the story takes place |
symbolism | any object, person, place or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger that itself, such as an idea, belief or value. |