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Fred Midterm
Reading midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the two types of characterization | direct, indirect |
| the five elements of plot are exposition, climax, , resolution | rising action, falling action |
| what is a three lined japenees poem | Haiku |
| describe one thing as if it was something else | Metaphors |
| in the story ribbons where did the grandmother just come from | Hong-Kong |
| gives human qualities to something that is not human | personification |
| what happens to loo-Witt when she is sleeping | she erupts |
| use like or as to compare two unlike things | similes |
| anything that represents something else | symbol |
| repetition of constant sounds | alliteration |
| use of any element of language more than once | repitition |
| how does rikki-tikki feel when he kills karait | cocky, proud |
| who is the main character in The Treasure of Lemon Brown | Greg |
| How does victor try to impress teresa on the first day of french class | tries to speak French |
| what is the repitition of vowel sounds followed by different constanents | Assonance |
| what is the repitition of similiar constant sounds | consonance |
| what is the use of words that imitate sounds | onomatopeia |
| what is the repititionof sounds at the ends of words | Rhyme |
| what is the rythmic pattern in a poem | Meter |
| wrting or speech not meant to be taken litteraly | Figurative language |
| Poems are usually divided into lnes and what | stanzas |
| poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single person often in a highly musical verse | lyric |
| poetry that tells a story in verse | narrative poems |
| Humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. | lymeric |
| poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page. | Concrete |
| songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance | Ballad |
| poetry tells a story in verse. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters. | Narrative |
| poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure. It has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern. | Free verse |
| pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length. | Rhyming Couplets |
| General name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradicttions. When a story includes irony, something unexpected happens. | Irony |
| form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group. The use of dialect gives a short story a more authentic feel and helps a character's words sound more realistic. | dialect |
| the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur later. | foreshadowing |
| the placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences. | flasbacks |
| the people or animals who take part in a story's action. | characters |
| The reason or reasons that explain why characters act as they do. | motivation |
| central message expressed in a story. | theme |
| recurring theme. A message about life that is expressed in different cultures and time periods. | universal themes |
| tools writers often use to enhance their writing. | literary devices. |
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