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1st Semester Terms
Semester Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analogy | A point by point comparison of similar objects that are similar in some respect, but otherwise unalike |
| antagonist | The person or force that works agains the protagonist or main character |
| audience | The person or group of people for whom the piece of writing is intended |
| author's purpose | an author's reason for writing. |
| autobiography | a writer's account of his or her own life |
| biography | the true accoung of a person's life written by another person |
| cause and effect | describes the relationship between events in literature. |
| character | a person, animal, or imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work. |
| characterization | refers to the techniques a writer uses to create and develop character |
| climax | an element of the plot that has the highest point of suspense. |
| compare | the process of identifying similarities among things |
| complications | set in as the characters try to resolve the conflict |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces. |
| contrast | the pointing out of differences between two or more things |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more characters |
| drama | a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience |
| dynamic character | a character that changes a lot in the story |
| essay | a short nonfiction work that deals with one subject. |
| exposition | the first stage of a typical story plot. It introduces the setting, characters, and the conflict they face. |
| external conflict | conflict that involves a character who struggles against a force outside him/herself, such as nature, physical obstacle, or another character |
| falling action | the stage of the plot in which the story begins to draw to a close. |
| fiction | prose writing that tells an imaginary story |
| foreshadowing | refers to the writer's use of hints that suggest events that will occur later in a story |
| genre | the term used to identify the major categories of literature. |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses. Writers use details to help the reader imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. |
| inference/infer | a logical guess or conclusion based on evidence. |
| internal conflict | a conflict that occurs within a character |
| main character | the most important character in literary works |
| minor character | the less important characters in literary work. |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work |
| moral | a lesson or guide for living that you can apply to your own life. |
| narrative | the kind of writing that tells a story |
| narrator | a speaker or character who tells a story |
| non-fiction | prose writing that presents and explains ideas about real people, places, object, and events |
| novel | a work of fiction that is longer and more complex than a short story. |
| personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
| perspective | a study and evaluation of the effects of an author's choice of communicator and his means of communication in a literary work that includes persona and point of view |
| plot | sequence of related events that make up a story |
| point of view | the perspective from which the story is told. |
| prose | one of the three major types of literature. Anything that is NOT poetry, drama, or song. |
| protagonist | the main character, the hero, the positive force |
| resolution | the final stage in the plot in which loose ends are tied up and the story is brought to a close |
| rising action | an element in the plot that builds suspense |
| setting | the time and place of action of the story, poem, or play |
| short story | a work of fiction that can generally be read in one sitting. |
| static character | a character that changes little or not at all in a story |
| summarize | to tell briefly in your own words the main ideas of a piece of writing, omitting unimportant examples and elaboration |
| suspense | the feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader |
| theme | the message about life or human nature communicated by a work of literature |
| tone | a writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
| transitions | connecting words that let readers know how ideas are related |
| first person point of view | the narrator is one of the characters in the story. Uses first person pronouns such as I, me, we, us. |
| third person point of view | the narrator is not in the story and relates the story using third person pronouns such as he, she, it. |
| third person limited point of view | the narrator brings us into the mind of only one character |
| third person omniscient point of view | an all knowing point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and can see into their minds |
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