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ELA Mid-term Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Point Of View | the attitude or outlook of that author or the character's perspective |
| Personification | a figure of speech that takes a nonactive object by and gives it human characteristics |
| Pronouns | a part of speech that substitutes nouns and noun phrases |
| Prepositions | shows the relations of direction, time and location |
| Memoir | |
| Flashback | refer to something that has happened in the past |
| Foreshadow | predict what might happen after |
| Propaganda | |
| Simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison drawing resemblance by using the word like or as |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison draws a resemblance by using single or common characteristics |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that makes an exaggeration about someone or something |
| Interjections | a figure of speech that expresses feelings and emotions |
| Characterization | helps explain the characters in the story with much detail |
| Adverb | changes the meaning of a verb, adjective or adverb |
| Adjectives | describes a noun |
| Verb | is the main part of the sentence that expresses action |
| Idioms | an expression that can't be understood from the meanings of its separate words has a separate meaning of its own |
| Symbolization | the act or instance of symbolizing |
| Audience | a person reading a text, listening to the speaker or observing a performance |
| Voice | is the author's style quality of the character's personality, feelings and emotions |
| Setting | the time,or place a story takes place in |
| Dialogue | the things that are said b a character in a story |
| Prefix | is a word or phrase that you put at the beginning of a word |
| Suffix | is a word or phrase that you put at the end of a word |
| Thesis Statement | is the main idea you are trying to convey to your work |
| Imagery | using vivid and figurative language in a story and the reader can visually see an image in their head |
| Main Idea | the most important section or topic of a paragraph or essay |
| Cause and Effect | is a comparison between two totally different things |
| Allusion | is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea |
| Irony | the use of words to express something in a different form |
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