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Seth Reading
Mid-term studies
Question | Answer |
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What are the two types of charaterization? | Direct and Inderect Characterization |
What is Exposition? | It introduces the setting- the time and place of the story, and the characters. |
What is Rising Action? | It itroduces the conflict, or problem. |
In the short story "Ribbons" where did the grandmother just come from? | Hong-Kong, China |
What is the Climax? | It is the turning point of a story. |
What is the Falling Action? | It is the part of a story when the conflict lessens. |
What is the Resoluion of a story? | It is the story's conclution. |
What is foreshadowing? | It is the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to happen. |
How does Rikki-Tikki feel after he kills Karat? | He fells pround. |
What is a Metaphor? | It describes on thing as if it were something "The house was a zoo this morning!" |
What is Personification? | It gives human qualities to something that is not human |
What is a Simile? | They use like or as to compare to unlike things. |
What is a symbol? | It is anything that represents something else. |
What is Alliteration? | It is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. |
What is a Narrative poem? | It is poetry that tells a story in verse. |
What other language can Pat Mora speak? | EspaƱol (Spanish) |
What is a Haiku? | It is a three-line Japenese verse form. The first and third lines are 5 syllables. |
What is a Lyric Poem. | It is poetry that expresses the thoughts and feeling of a single speaker. |