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Semester 1 Vocab
Viking Vocabulary Terms for Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anecdote | A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature |
| Allusion | a figure of speech which makes brief, even casual references to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a connection with the reader |
| Sarcasm | A sharp hurtful remark. A form of verbal irony in which praise of something is actually harshly critical. |
| Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes |
| Diction | Author's word choice. |
| Tone | The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme. It reflects the narrator's attitude. |
| Mood | The feeling resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer’s attitude and point of view. |
| Theme | A central or dominant idea or concern of a work: the main idea or meaning |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Alliteration | The repetition of similar sounding words within a group of words |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition |
| Connotation | what is implied by a word or phrase |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things, ideas, places, or people |
| Simile | A comparison between two things using “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" |
| Sensory Details | Including descriptions of the five senses to engage the reader: sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound. |
| Rhyme Scheme | Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in poetry. |
| Genre | A category of art (music or literature) characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. |
| Foreshadow | A hint at things to come in a story or play. |
| Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something |
| Falling Action: | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
| Rising Action: | a series of related incidents build toward the point of greatest interest |
| Exposition: | introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers |
| Resolution: | Explores the consequences of the actions of the characters and the problems are either resolved or an invaluable lesson has been learned. |
| Personification | Treating an abstraction or non-human object as if it were an human by giving it human qualities. |
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