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ENG I & II - FER
ENG I & II - Final Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Foreshadow | Giving hints and clues of what is to come in a story |
| Paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |
| Climax | The highest point of the story. |
| Resolution | The portion of a play or story in which the problem is solvedl; it comes after the climax and falling action and is intended to bring the story to an end. |
| Allegory | A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life; they often have a strong moral or lesson. |
| Theme | The moral or message of the work. |
| Main idea | Most important message of a story. |
| Summarize | Taking the substance of a body of work and reducing it to main points. |
| Personification | When an object or idea is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
| Symbolism | The use of objects or events to represent something other than themselves, frequently abstract ideas or concepts. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using a comparison word (like/as) |
| Extended Metaphor | A comparison of unlike things used throughout an entire work or a large portion of it. |
| Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain group. |
| Flashback | An interruption in the flow of the story that returns to an earlier time. |
| Imagery | Colorful words or set of images which carry or arouse the emotion or idea the author wants to convey. |
| Direct Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things in which a comparison word is not used. |
| Allusion | A reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or thing. |
| Irony of Situation (Situational Irony) | When there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. |
| Setting | The time and place where a story takes place. |
| Conflict | The struggle or problem in the story. |
| Point of View | The person’s point from which a story is told. |
| First Person (POV) | The narrator tells the story from his or her point of view (POV) and uses I, me, and we (first person pronouns) |
| Third Person (POV) | Employ the the words "she, he, they". |
| Primary Source | A main source such as a book or encyclopedia. |
| Aside | A part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience. |
| Inference | Guessing based on information provided. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story. |
| Sonnet | A 14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme. |
| Rising Action | The early events of a plot, which take place prior to the climax. |
| Voice | The distinctive style or manner of expression. |
| Ballad | Poem that tells a story that is set to music. |
| Jargon | The language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group. |
| Idiom | A phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by the literal definition of the phrase itself, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use. |
| Coincidence | A striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance. |
| Exposition | Dialogue, description, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation. |
| Dialogue | Conversation between characters. |
| Autobiography | An account of the writer’s own life. |
| Irony | When something happens that is the opposite of what you would expect. |
| Genre | A category or class something falls under. |
| Thesis | The one sentence that explains the main idea of the story. |
| Biography | An account of one’s life written by someone else. |
| Secondary Source | A document not written in 1st person point of view. |
| Conclusion | The final paragraph of every essay. |
| Introduction | Where the characters and setting are mentioned. |
| Falling Action | Actions that take place near the ending of the story. |
| Resolution | The conclusion of the story. |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something that a character does not. |
| Diction | Word selection, or the words chosen. |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line. |
| Imagery | Is language that appeals to any of the five senses. |
| Omniscient narrator | Knows everything, may reveal the motivations, thoughts and feelings of the characters, and gives the reader information. |
| Tone | The writer's attitude towards a subject or character. |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate the sound they represent. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to animals or objects. |
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mrhundermark
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