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tommy midterm
reading mid term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the two types of characterization? | direct and indirect characterization |
| people and animals in the story | characters |
| the central message the story expresses | theme |
| five elements of plot are exposition, rising action, , falling action, and resolution | climax |
| a three line japanese poem | haiku |
| describes one thing as something else | metaphor |
| gives human qaulities to a nonliving thing | personififcation |
| uses like or as to compare two unlike things | similes |
| what does rikki-tikki-tavi feel like after he kills korat | proud and cocky |
| something that represents something else | symbol |
| the repetition of constant sounds | alliteration |
| the use of any element in language more than once | repetition |
| poems that are shaped to look like their subjects | concrete |
| poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings | lyric |
| the use of words that imitate sounds | onomatopeia |