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LA Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a collection of animals | menagerie |
| energetic | dynamic |
| careless and neglectful | remiss |
| antonym for bias | impartial |
| adequate | sufficient |
| thought or idea | prospect |
| an item used for trade and commerce | commodity |
| same thing over and over | monotony |
| twice a year | biannual |
| a costume party | masquerade |
| on the surface | superficial |
| antonym for tease or ridicule | compliment |
| a special paper for writing | stationery |
| an illusion, usually of water | mirage |
| constant or unchanging | consistent |
| flaw | defect |
| timeless | classic |
| antonym for help | hindrance |
| device allowing you to see outside of your line of vision | periscope |
| a reproduction | replica |
| not moving | stationary |
| a useful value or quality | asset |
| someone who is outgoing | extrovert |
| every two years | biennial |
| to free | emancipate |
| a non living object | inanimate |
| something that completes or makes perfect | complement |
| to attach | affix |
| Mark Twain's real name | Samuel Clemens |
| Mark Twain's childhood dream | Steamboat pilot |
| Mark Twain's town of growing up | Hannibal |
| The group of people Mark Twain spoke out for because of the abuse inflicted on them | Chinese |
| Title of the novel by Mark Twain about corrupt wealthy people in America | The Guilded Age |
| Mark Twain's wife's first name | Olivia |
| The side of the Civil War that Mark Twain joined | Confederate |
| The title of Mark Twain's most controversial and well-known novel | Huckleberry Finn |
| What color suit was Mark Twain most known for wearing | White |
| MT's favorite river | Mississippi |
| The main character in Mark Twain's novel about his boyhood home | Tom Sawyer |
| The president that Mark Twain helped write his memoir | Grant |
| language the describes appealing to the senses | sensory language |
| an extreme exaggeration | hyperbole |
| giving inanimate objects human qualities | personification |
| general term for language that creates mind pictures | imagery |
| a poem that gives tribute to someone or something | ode |
| the literal meaning of a word | denotation |
| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together | alliteration |
| the general term for an expression that is not literally true | figure of speech |
| the feelings associated with a word | connotation |
| a poem that expresses an emotion | lyric poem |
| a comparison over multiple lines | extended metaphor |
| a comparison saying one thing is another | metaphor |
| a poem that tells a story | narrative poem |
| a poem with no set structure, rhythm, or rhyme | Free verse poem |
| a sad poem that honors someone who has passed away | elegy |
| a 14-line poem with 3 quatrains and a couplet | sonnet |
| a commonly used expression that is not literally true | idiom |
| when acutual meaning of a term is opposite of literal meaning | irony |
| a comparison using like or as | simile |
| a list poem | catalog |
| a word that sounds like the sound it is making | onomatopoeia |
| when words rhyme within a line of poetry | internal rhyme |
| a 5-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA | Limerick |
| mood or attituede conveyed in writing | tone |
| why a character does something | motivation |
| a story passed down through generations through word of mouth | Folktale |
| stories that are not factual | fiction |
| using clues from a story to make meaning | inference |
| evidence is on topic | appropriate |
| finding differences | contrast |
| a story that is 20 pages or less | short story |
| finding similarities | compare |
| the parts of a story | literary elements |
| there is enough evidence | adequate |
| the evidence is factual | accurate |
| a story from ancient greece that explains how something came about | origin myth |
| when the author tells you what a character is like | direct characterization |
| a story explaining the once unexplainable, includes gods and goddesses | myth |
| the most important point of a nonfiction piece | main idea |
| being one sided | bias |
| when the author shows you what a character is like | indirect characterization |
| factual writing | nonfiction |
| a story between 20 and 100 pages | novella |
| a generalization about a group | stereotype |
| a book about someone written by that person | autobiography |
| a book about someone written about someone else | biography |
| the lesson of a story | theme |
| proof for a claim | evidence |
| a short nonfiction piece on a specific topic | essay |
| a story over 100 pages | novel |
| anything that is not poetry | prose |
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rg1226