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English 2nd 9 w test
English second nine weeks test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The teller of the story. | Narrator |
| The sequence of related events that make up a story. | Plot |
| The incident which introduces the central conflict in a story. | Initiating event |
| In fiction, the structure of the plot normally begins with the exposition. | Exposition |
| The part in the plot where the characters struggle with the conflict. | Rising action |
| IN the plot of a story or a play, the climax, or turning point, is the point with maximum interest. | Climax |
| The part of the plot of a story that occurs after the climax. | Falling action |
| The part of the plot where loose ends are tied up, and the story is brought to a close. | Resolution |
| The perspective from which a story is told. | Point of view |
| The narrator is a character in the story and uses first person pronouns such as I, me, and we. | First person |
| All knowing narrator. | Third person omniscent |
| A voice outside the story narrates. Sees only perspective of the story. | Third person limited |
| The meaning, moral, or message about life human nature that is communicate by literary work. | Theme |
| A struggle between opposing forces. | Conflict |
| A character struggles against another person or outside force. | External conflict |
| Involves a struggle within a character. | Internal conflict |
| A time or place of an action. | Setting |
| A logical guess based on evidence. | Inference |
| The process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writing. | Summarize |
| A comparison of two things that have same quality in common. | Metaphor |
| A comparison of two things that have quality in common using like or as. | Simile |
| A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor. | Hyperbole |
| The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. | Personification |
| The repetition of constant sounds at the beginnings of words. | Alliteration |
| The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. | Onmatopeia |
| A pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. | Rhythm |
| The regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. | Meter |
| The most important point that a writer wishes to express. | Main idea |
| The process of pointing out similarities and differences. | Compare and Contrast |
| The order in which events happen in time. | chronological order |
| In a certain order. | Process |
| Two events are related as cause and effect when one brings about, or causes the other | Cause and Effect |
| Mentioning things one by one. | Enumerating or listing |
| A general idea derived from separate occurrences. | Concept/Defintion |
| A technique in which a sound word, phrase, or line is repeated. | Repetition |
| A repetition of sounds at the ends of words. | Rhyme |
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