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Semester Test

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Allusion   Reference to literary, mythological or historical person, place or thing  
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Irony   Contrast between appearance and reality  
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Foreshadowing   Suggests events that have yet to occur  
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Symbol   Use of any object, person or thing to show meaning  
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Suspense   Makes a reader uncertain or tense about outcomes  
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Tone   Writer's attitude toward his or her subject  
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Theme   Central message revealed or lesson learned  
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Point of View   Perspective from which the story is told  
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Setting   Time and place of a literary work  
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Simile   Comparison of two things using like or as  
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Personification   Giving an inanimate object human traits  
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Hyperbole   Deliberate exaggeration  
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Conflict   A struggle between two opposing forces  
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Imagery   Using senses in writing  
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Characterization   Methods used to create a character  
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Diction   Word choice  
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Plot   Sequence of events or action of a literary work  
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Metaphor   Comparison of two things not using like or as  
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Climax   Most critical moment in the story  
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Antagonist   Character or force opposing the central character  
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Protagonist   The central character in a literary work  
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Repetition   A device in which words, sounds and/or ideas are used more than once to create emphasis  
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Mood   The feeling created in a reader by a literary passage  
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Exposition   Revealing the setting, characters and beginnings of conflicts  
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Static Character   A character that does not change throughout the story  
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Dynamic Character   A character that changes in actions or beliefs during a story  
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Connotation   The emotions a word arouses in a person  
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Denotation   The specific dictionary definition of a word  
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