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English Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Comparison of two things directly | Metaphor |
| Comparing two unlike things using like or as | Similie |
| The use of vivid, descriptive, or figurative language in writing to evoke a mental image or recreate a sensory experience | Imagery |
| When an object or element of the story represents something | Symbolism |
| When a nonhuman object has human like characteristics | Personification |
| Uses extreme, deliberate exaggeration to make a point, add humor, or evoke strong emotions | Hyperbole |
| Contrast between expectation and reality | Irony |
| Main character | Protagonist |
| Hinting towards something that will happen in the future of the story | Foreshadowing |
| The angle of which the story is being told | POV |
| The act of doing, saying, or writing something again | Repetition |
| Moral or message or the story | Theme |
| The quality, attitude, or feeling conveyed by a speakers voice | Tone |
| The act of placing two or more things - such as concepts, images, or characters - side by side | Juxtaposition |
| Brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance | Allusion |
| The overall emotional atmosphere of the story | Mood |
| The deliberate organization and arrangement of a texts parts | Structure |
| Where the story takes place and its elements | Setting |
| A rhetorical device that compares two distinctly different things to highlight a specific, shared relationship or parallel concept | Analogy |
| Authors deliberate choice of words and phrasing | Diction |
| A short, unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 | Haiku |
| A unit of two consecutive lines of poetry that typically share the same meter and end rhyme | Couplet |
| Style of poetry that tells a story | Narrative |
| Traditionally meant to be sung or recited | Ballad |
| A traditional 14-line poem that typically follows a specific rhyme, a set rhyme, and features a “turn” or pivot in thought | Sonnet |
| The _______ is a words literal, objective dictionary definition, while the ________ refers to the subjective emotional, cultural, or social associations it carries beyond its literal meaning | Denotation vs. Connotation |
| _______ adheres to strict, traditional rules regarding meter, rhyme scheme, line count, and stanza structure. Conversely, __________ disregards these rigid constraints | Formal vs. Informal |
| ________ refers to tangible, sensory language that grounds the reader in the physical world, whereas ________ refers to conceptual language that addresses intangible ideas, emotions, or philosophical theories | Concrete vs. Abstract |
| The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words placed close together in a poem | Alliteration |
| Same vowel sound is repeated within close proximity across nearby words | Assonance |
| By Edgar Allen Poe Narrator kills the Old Man but hides his body in the floor. He hears the heart beat and is driven by guilt and paranoia to turn himself in | The Tell-Tale Heart POV - 1st person |
| By Raymond Caber Wife was close friends with blind man but the husband was jealous until they bonded after she went to sleep | Cathedral Theme - sometimes being blinded by jealousy is worse than being blind |
| By Cate Chaplin Son and dad get stranded at the store because of the weather, though the wife has an affair back home | The Storm Setting - without the storm there is no plot |
| By Jack London Man and dog take off from the group, the man freezes to death because his fire was covered with snow, but the dog runs off alive | To Build A Fire Setting - without the cold there is no plot |
| By O’Henry Couple in poverty wants to give each other a gift, though they sell to buy | The Gift of the Magi Irony - they both sold to buy something for what they sold |
| By John Steinbeck Elisa gives Tinker a mum and is devastated when she finds it in the street | Chrysanthemums Symbolism - mums were the children she wished to have |
| By Shirley Jackson Jason wants to scatter his fathers ashes, but finds the town twisted and crazy |
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