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Read. Mid-Term 2021
Read. Mid-Term 2021 Part 2- 1 out of 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the overall mood or felling established in a piece of literature | atmosphere |
| the writer of a literary work or document | author |
| a person or an anial in a story, a play, or another literary work | character |
| the arrangment of event in the order in which they occurred | chronological order |
| the point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest | climax |
| all the emotions and associations that a word or phrase arouses | connotation |
| the strict literal (or dictionary) definition of a word | denotation |
| talk or conversation beween two or more characters | dialogue |
| a short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single subject | essay |
| overstating something usually for the purpose of creating a comic effect | exaggeration |
| a word or phrase that describes one thing iin terms of another and is not meant to be taken literally | figure of speech |
| the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot | foreshadowing |
| a reasonable conclusion | inference |
| a contrast between expectation and reality | irony |
| an imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing | metaphor |
| the reasons a character behaves in a certain way | motivation |
| a comparison beween two unlike things using a word such as "like" or "as" | simile |
| any image, object, character, or place that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning | symbol |
| the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience | tone |
| information about something | nonfiction |