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ReadingMidterm VICKI
FOR READING FINALS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| another word for verses | stanzas |
| to desrcibe one thing as if it was something else | metaphor |
| gives human qualities to something nonhuman | personification |
| to compare to unlike things using "like" or "as" | simlie |
| anything that represents something else | symbol |
| the repition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words | alliteration |
| the use of any element of language more than once | repetition |
| the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables | assonance |
| the repetition of similiar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables | consonance |
| the use of words that imitate sounds | onomatopoeia |
| the repetition of sounds at the ends of words | rhyme |
| the rhymical pattern in a poem | meter |
| tells a story in a verse | narrative |
| a three-line Japanese verse form | Haiku |
| defined by its lack of strict structure, has a regular meter, rhyme, fixed line lenght, or specific stanza pattern | free verse |
| expresses thoughts and feeling of a single speaker | lyric |
| songlike poems that tell a story | ballads |
| shaped to look like their subjects | concrete |
| humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specifc rhytm pattern and rhyme scheme | limericks |
| pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length | rhyming couplets |
| writing or speech not meant to be taken literally | figurative language |
| enhance a poem's mood and meaning | sound devices |
| the people or animals who take in a story's action | characters |
| the way a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities | characterization |
| the writer describes the characters through adjectives | direct characterization |
| the writer reveals the character through speed and actions | indirect characterizations |
| the central message expressed in a story | theme |
| a recurring theme | universal theme |
| the sequence of events in a short story | plot |
| introduces the setting, time, and place | exposition |
| introduces the conflict or problem | rising action |
| the turning point of the story | climax |
| part of the story when the conflict lessons | falling action |
| story's conclusion | resolution |
| the use of clues early in a story to hint for future events | foreshadowing |
| placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurences | flashback |
| general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising and unexpected events that happen | irony |
| form of language spoken by people in a particular region or a group | dialect |
| the reason or reasons that explain why characters act as they do | motivation |
| In Bailando, who is the speaker talking to | their Aunt |
| What is the title of Desert is My Mother | a metaphor |
| What type of poem is Seal | concrete |
| What type of peom is the Rider | lyric poem |
| What type of figurative language does Bailando use | repetition |
| In Mother to Son, who is the speaker, who is she speaking to | mother, her son |
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