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LiteratureStackHack
Finals studystack for hack in 7th grade literature at SRB by KR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A great deal; very much | immensely |
| Something that comforts a disappointed person | consolation |
| Optional course | elective |
| Belief | conviction |
| Make an unpleasant expression by contracting the eyebrows and lowering the corners of the mouth | scowl |
| In the story "Ribbons," where did the Grandmother come from? | Hong Kong, China |
| Physical work | exertion |
| Figurative Language is | writing or speech not meant to be taken literally |
| ---- describe one thing as if it were something else | Metaphor |
| Who is the main character in the story "The Bear Boy?" | Kuo-Haya |
| ---- gives human qualities to something that is not human | personification |
| ---- use "like" or "as" to compare two apparently unlike things | similes |
| A ---- is anything that represents something else | symbol |
| ---- is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words | Alliteration |
| Exposition | introduces the setting- the time and place of the story, the characters, and the basic situation |
| --- is the turning point of the story | climax |
| --- is the story's conclusion | resolution |
| Rising Action | introduces the conflict, or problem |
| Falling ---- is the part of a story when the conflict lessens | action |
| What other language can Pat Mora speak? | Español (Spanish) |
| Buson wrote | haikus |
| Seal is a | concrete poem |
| "You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, with measured beat and slow, like a sexton ringing the village bell" is an example of what type of figurative language from what story? | simile, The Village Blacksmith |
| ---- enhance a poem's mood and meaning | Sound devices |
| ---- is the use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once | repetition |
| Assonance is the | repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables |
| Consonance is | the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables |
| Rhyme | is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| onomatopoeia is the | use of words that imitate sounds |
| meter | the rhythmical pattern in a poem |
| Narrative poetry | tells a story in verse |
| What is a Haiku? | a three-line Japanese verse form |
| ---- poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure | Free Verse |
| ---- poetry expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker | Lyric |
| ---- are songlike poems that tell a story | Ballads |
| ---- poems are shaped to look like their subjects | Concrete |
| ----are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems | Limericks |
| ---- ---- are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length | Rhyming couplets |
| What is Rikki-tikki's attitude after he kills Karait? | He was over confident. |
| What is Characterization? | The way a writer reveal's a character's personality. |
| In ----, the writer describes the character? | direct characterization |
| In ----, the writer reveals the character through speech and actions | indirect characterization |
| ---- are the people or animals who take part in a story's action. | Character's |
| ---- is the central message expressed in a story. | Theme |
| A ---- ----, or a recurring theme, is a message about life that's expressed in different cultures and time periods. | universal theme |
| ---- is the sequence of events in a short story. | Plot |
| ---- ---- are the tools writers often use to enhance their writing. | Literary Devices |
| ---- is the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that're going to happen later | Foreshadowing |
| ---- is the placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences | Flashback |
| ---- is the general name given to literally techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions | Irony |
| ---- is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group | Dialect |
| showing shyness | timid |
| process by which one becomes a member of a group | initiation |
| failed to take care of | neglected |
| came back to consciousness | revived |
| unscheduled; unplanned | impromptu |
| slightly open | ajar |
| hesitantly; with certainty | tentatively |
| great musician | maestro |
| giving off light | luminous |
| curving motion | swerve |
| speak | utter |
| a small mammal that eats rats, mice, birds, and eggs | weasel |
| dig a hole for shelter | burrow |
| stoops or bends low | crouches |
| become untangled or separated | unravel |
| force from a position or place | dislodge |
| tough and strong | sinewy |
| strong and muscular | brawny |
| upper legs of an animal | haunches |
| What type of figurative language is used in "Fog"? | personification |
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