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Eng Exam Study Guide
created by Jeremie Stauffer
Question | Answer |
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an expression not meant to be taken literally | Idiom |
Internal Conflict | Conflict that takes place in the mind of a character. The character struggles to make a decision, take action, or overcome a feeling |
Conflict in which a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person. | External Conflict |
Setting | where the story takes place |
Direct- a character states the character’s traits or characteristics | Direct Characterization |
Indirect Characterization | Indirect- using what a character says or does to draw conclusions about their character. |
Repeating a sound, word, or phrase over again | Repetition |
Imagery | When writers use images to describe what something sounds, smells, looks, or feels like |
the repetition of beginning sounds | Alliteration |
Simile | A comparison of two things using like or as |
comparing two things without using like or as | Metaphor |
Stage Directions | Directions that characters use in a play- usually in ( ) |
to exaggerate | Hyperbole |
Personification | giving human qualities to something that is not human |
wo or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. | Assonance |
Rhyme Scheme | is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. |
Dialogue | when characters talk- “ “ are used |
Writing in first person means writing from the author’s point of view or perspective. | First Person |
Third Person | writing from the third person point of view and uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they. |