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CINCY ENGLISH 8
FINAL REVIEW
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| character trait | qualities of the character - like if someone is honest or stubborn |
| exposition | introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation |
| rising action | the conflict is developed here - tension builds |
| climax | the moment of highest tension in the story |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| falling action | the events leading to the resolution |
| resolution | the end of the story where the loose ends are usually tied up |
| dynamic | characters who change as people over the course of the text |
| static | characters who do not change |
| flashback | an interruption of the story to tell something that happened earlier |
| irony | when the opposite of what you think is going to happen happens |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| plot | sequence of events in a story |
| point of view | the perspective the story is told in |
| first person point of view | the character telling the story is in the story - uses I |
| third person limited | outside narrator who can only hear the thoughts of one character |
| setting | time and place of the story |
| theme | a message about life or human nature conveyed by the work |
| autobiography | when you write your own life story |
| biography | when you write someone else's life story |
| memoir | a true story about an important event or milestone in someone's life |
| allegory | characters, settings, and events are used as symbols to deliver a deeper message - often political or spiritual |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward his/her subject |
| mood | the feeling the piece of writing gives the reader |
| forbidden phrase | what I write on your paper if you write something babyish that I don't want you to use anymore |
| dystopia | genre where the setting is oppressive, futuristic, and the main character tries to make change |
| fantasy | literature that centers on magic and supernatural elements |
| science fiction | literature that explores the impact of actual or imagine science, technology, and futuristic concepts |
| stereotype | generalized belief about a specific group of people ignoring their individual uniqueness |
| alliteration | the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words |
| ballad | a narrative poem that tells a story with a setting, plot, and characters |
| dialect | when people from a certain place speak a certain way |
| epic | long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero |
| form | how the poem looks on a page |
| free verse | poem that doesn't rhyme |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration for emphasis |
| idiom | a descriptive expression that means something different from the combination of words that make it up |
| imagery | appeals to the readers' five senses |
| metaphor | direct comparison to two different things |
| ode | a specific poem about a single subject |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings |
| personification | when human qualities are given to nonhuman things |
| pun | a making a joke by exploiting the different possible meanings of words |
| simile | comparison of two thing using like or as |
| symbol | something that stands for something bigger than itself |
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