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2010 Final Exam
FINAL EXAM REVIEW ~Cutler
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Main Idea | The point of the story |
| Authors Purpose | The reason an author writes |
| Antonym | A word that has an opposite meaning to another word |
| Synonym | A word that has the same meaning to another word |
| Authors Point of View | The way an author views his or her writing |
| Analogies | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based |
| One reason an author writes | Entertain |
| One reason an author writes | Persuade |
| One reason an author writes | Inform |
| One reason an author doesn't write | Create a mysterious mood |
| Cause | The reason something happens |
| Effect | Something that happens because of something else |
| resilient | returning to its original form, position |
| infer | a conclusion based on the information in the story and what you already know- something that makes sense |
| metaphors | a figure of speech that compares a term or phrase to something else to show a comparison |
| Plot | conflict (or problem), rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion- resolution |
| Setting | Time and place the story takes place |
| Protagonist | The main character in a story |
| Antagonist | Characters or forces that are working against the protagonist in the story |
| Mood | The general feeling that an author creates in a story created through descriptions and settings |
| Narrator | The speaker- teller of the story |
| First person point of view | a character in the story- that tells the story (using I, me, mine) |
| Third person point of views | The narrator is not a character in the story- but knows the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the story |
| 3rd person omniscient LIMITED point of view | The narrator is not a character in the story but knows ONE persons thoughts and feelings in a story |
| 3rd person omniscient points of view | The narrator is not a character in the story but knows ALL the thoughts and feelings of every character in the story |
| non fiction | real people and factual events |
| fiction | imaginary people and stories |
| imagery | using vivid descriptions to create pictures or images in the reader's mind |
| flashback | the return to an event that happened before the current situation |
| Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the thing it is describing- zip; sound effects- crash; animal sounds moo |
| Personal Narrative | A story about a person's life told in first person |
| Poetry | literature that uses language choices for its sounds and for its ability to express and evoke emotion |
| Prose | the ordinary form of written language |
| Repetition | Words or phrases that are used over and over |
| Rhyme | two or more words that have endings that sound the same |
| Symbol | something that has meaning by itself but also stands for something else- a heart means love |
| Idiom | Phrases that mean something but can't possibly happen- its raining cats and dogs |
| Connotation | The emotional meanings associated with a word |
| Denotation | the meaning of a word |
| Alliteration | The initial sound in two or more words |
| Omniscient | All knowing |
Created by:
Mrs Cutler
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