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Anna's midterm 2
Anna ks reading midterm number1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| people or animals who take place in a stories action. | characters. |
| the writer describes the character. | direct characterization |
| in the story ribbons where did the grandmother come from? | Hong Kong |
| how would you describe the Mr. Buller's character in the story seventh grade? | wise and helpful |
| what happens to loo wit while she is sleeping | She hears the boot scrape,the creaking floor. |
| writer reveals characters through speech and action. | indirect characterization |
| central message expresses in a story. | theme |
| what is the theme of the story the bear boy | To love your children. |
| occurring theme is a message about life that is expressed in different cultures and time periods. | universal theme. |
| who does Rikki tikki tave feel after he kills krait. | proud. |
| sequence of events in a short story that is usually divided into five parts. | plot |
| how does victor try to impress Teresa in on the first day of french class. | he pretends he is really good at french |
| who is the main character in the treasures of lemon brown? | Greg |
| introduces the setting time and place of the story the characters and situation | exposition |
| introduces the conflict or problem | rising action |
| the turning point of the story | climax |
| part of the story when the conflict lessens | falling action |
| stories conclusion | resolution |
| tools writers often use to enhance their writing | literary devices |
| form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group | dialect |
| placement of a scene within a story that interrupts sequence of events to reveal past occurrences | flashback |
| use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur | foreshadowing |
| reasons that explain why characters act as they do. | motivation |
| general name given to literally techniques that involve surprising or amusing contradictions | irony |
| poems are usually divided into lines and then grouped into | stanzas. |
| Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally. | Fiurative language. |
| Describe one thing as if it were something else. | Metaphor. |
| Gives human qualities to something that is not human. | Personification. |
| Uses like or as to compare two apparentlyunlike things. | Similes. |
| Is anything that represents something else. | Symbol. |
| Is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. | Alliteration. |
| Is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonantsin stressed syllables. | Assonance. |
| Is the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables . | Consonance. |
| Is the use of words that imitate sounds. | Onomatopoeia |
| Is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words. | Rhyme |
| Is the rhythmical pattern in a poem. | Meter. |
| Tells a story in verse.often have elements similar to those in short stories. | Narrative |
| Is a three line japanese verse form.the first and third lines each have five syllables and the second line has seven. | Haiku |
| Poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure.it has no regular meter,rhyme,fixed line length,or specific stanza pattern | Free verse. |
| Poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker,often in highly musical verse. | Lyric. |
| Are songlike poems that tell a story,often dealing with adventure and romance. | Ballads. |
| Poems are shaped to look like their subjects. | Concrete |
| Are humorous,rhyming,five line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. | Limericks. |
| Are pairs of rhyming lines,usually of the same meter and length. | Rhyming couplets. |
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