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FINALS
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ballast | anything that gives moral stability |
| Boisterous | Stormy |
| Conflict | Battle |
| Conspiracy | Illegal plans against someone |
| Continual | endless |
| Discard | To throw away |
| Embelish | enhance |
| Exception | Case that does not follow a normal rule |
| Expand | Enlarge |
| Ferocious | Savage; feirce |
| Listless | Lifeless |
| Panic | A sudden overpowering of fear |
| Prominent | Well known |
| Punctual | On time |
| Regulation | A rule one must obey |
| Segregated | Seperated because of race |
| Subdued | Quiet; low in strength |
| Template | A model or mold that provides a pattern or guide for making an object multiple times |
| Trifle | A thing of little value |
| Visage | Face; Appearance |
| Plot | Series of events in a story |
| Genre | A type of category a book fits into |
| Chronological Order | A book in which the of events happen in time sequence |
| Protagonist | The main character or hero of a story |
| Theme | A moral or lesson that an author hopes to get across in a book |
| Conflict | The problem a character faces in a book |
| Myth | A traditional story about the origins of the world |
| Motive | A reason behind an action |
| Point of view | The perspective from which the story |
| Characterization | The way an author reveals a character's traits |
| Onomatopia | Words to imitate sounds |
| Simile | A comparison of things using words lsuch as "like" and "as" |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two things that share something in common |
| Personification | Non-human things having human-like traits |
| Alliteration | A repetition of consonants at the beginning of a words at a series of words |
| rhyme | To repeat similar sounds at the end of a sentence |
| Dynamic character | A character that goes through a major change throughout a book |
| Flashback | An event that happened before a book to reveal information about someone or something |
| Fantasy | A book with at least one unreal element |
| Science fiction | A fictional book with a scientific advance |
| Suspence | A feeling of growing tension giving the reader curious about the outcome of the book |
| Foreshadowing | Hints about events that will take place later on in the book |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration used for humor or to make a point |
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