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6th grade exam-part1

QuestionAnswer
Alliteration Repeating beginning consonant sounds
Autobiography The story a person writes about himself
Biography The story of a person's life written by someone else
Character The people or animals in a story
Climax The turning point or most exciting part of a story
Conflict struggle between two opposing forces
Dialect A way of speaking characteristic of a particular region
Dialogue Conversation between two or more characters
Drama A story written to be acted in front of an audience
End rhyme rhymes at the end of lines
External conflict conflict outside the character
Fact something that can be proven
fantasy imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world
fiction a prose account that is made up rather than true
flashback a scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a past event
foreshadowing the author gives hints of what is to come
free verse poetry poetry that has no regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm
inference reading between the lines; drawing conclusions
internal conflict conflict within lines
internal rhyme rhymes within lines
irony when things don't turn out the way we expect
metaphor comparison of two things without using like or as
mood atmosphere; the feeling created in the reader by a literary work
myth a story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings
narrator the person telling the story
nonfiction prose writing that deals with real people, places, and things
omniscient (3rd person) an all-knowing point of view; narrator knows everything about the characters
onomatopoeia use of words tha imitate the sounds they describe
opinion someone's beliefs, thoughts, or predictions
paraphrase stating in one's own words the meaning that someone else has spoken or written
Created by: GretchenMoore
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