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LA Final
Question | Answer |
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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 |