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Literacy Test Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.) |
| archetype | a theme or character type upon which all others are based (Superman, Darth Vader) |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds (Aunt Annie added apples.) |
| cinquain | a five-line stanza (remember, cinco means 5 in Spanish) |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming verse lines (Twinkle, twinkle little star,How I wonder what you are.) |
| descriptive writing | gives details about a person, place, or event to make it so the reader can "see" it |
| expository writing | writing that explains |
| free verse | poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm |
| genre | a style of writing (drama, poetry, novel, short story, research, etc.) |
| narrative writing | writing that tells a story |
| point of view | the angle from which a story is told |
| omniscient point of view | the reader knows what everybody in the story thinks and feels (written in 3rd person) |
| limited omniscient point of view | the reader knows what one character in the story thinks and feels (written in 3rd person) |
| first person point of view | the story is told by one of the characters (I, me, etc.) |
| author's voice | the distinct way a writer expresses ideas (style, language, etc.) |
| pre-writing | ways to organize thoughts and information before writing |
| prose | ordinary language, no verse or rhythm |
| quatrain | a four-line stanza (remember, quatro means 4 in Spanish) |
| tone | the general feeling or mood in a piece of writing |
| flashback | when a story is interrupted to tell about something that happened earlier |
| conflict | the struggle that takes place between two opposing forces |
| climax | the point in a story when the action is most intense |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what is going to happen |
| inference | a reasonable conclusion based on clues (facts + guess) |
| theme | the main idea or the basic meaning of text |
| setting | the time and place of action |
| plot | the sequence of events |
| resolution | the moment in the plot when the conflict ends |
| suspense | that quality in a story that makes the reader uncertain or tense about what is coming next |
| characterization | methods used to present the personality of a character in a story |
| allusion | reference to something or someone in another literary work |
| symbol | a word that stands for something else |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
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