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7th Grade Lit exam
7th Grade Lit exam, definitions from Mrs. Benner's outline
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| writing that is organized in sentences and paragraphs | prose |
| prose writing about characters from the author's imagination | fiction |
| expression that has meaning particular to a language or region | Idiom |
| time and place where the story takes place | setting |
| sequence of events in a story | plot |
| repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | alliteration |
| every feature of a writer's use of language, such as rhythm, word choice, and methods of organization | author's style |
| story of a person's life written by that person | Autobiography |
| story of a person's life written by another person | Biography |
| qualities that can affect a character's thoughts, decisions, and actions | Character Traits |
| high point of the story, usually where the eventual outcome of the conflict is revealed | Climax |
| making sensible decisions or forming reasonable opinions based on text details | concluding (drawing conclusions) |
| struggle between two opposing forces in the story | Conflict |
| brief work of nonfiction based on facts | Essay |
| setting, characters, conflict, background information | Exposition |
| fiction that teaches a moral | Fable |
| events that follow the climax | Falling Action |
| shape and appearance of poem in lines and stanzas | Form |
| words or phrases not meant in the dictionary sense | Figurative Language |
| story that reflects the culture from which it came | Folk Tale |
| a hint given to the reader of what is to come | Foreshadowing |
| message about life that the story conveys to the reader | Theme |
| uses real people or events to tell invented story | Historical Fiction |
| coming to a conclusion based on combining text clues with prior knowledge | Inferencing (making inferences) |
| a story that may or may not be based on facts but includes extraordinary human deeds | Legend |
| expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author (ex. sonet, ode, elegies) | Lyric |
| identifying the most important idea about a topic | Main Idea (indentifying the main idea) |
| compares 2 things saying one is the other | Metaphor |
| overall feeling that the work evokes in the reader | Mood |
| fiction that explains the actions of gods and goddesses or natural phenomena | Myth |
| musically uses plot, setting, characters, and theme to tell a story | Narrative |
| works of prose based on real people or events | Nonfiction |
| long work of fiction | Novel |
| work of fiction shorter than a novel but longer than a short story | Novella |
| the use of words to imitate sounds | Onomatopoeia |
| handing down any kind of literature by the word of mouth | Oral Tradition |
| restating a sentence or idea in your own words | Paraphrasing |
| giving human qualities to inanimate objects | Personification |
| a SHORT statement of the main ideas of a text | Summarizing |
| literature written in verse form and organized in lines and stanzas often using imagery and figurative language | Poetry |
| perspective from which the story is told | Point of View |
| using text, graphics, and prior knowledge to tell what may happen | Predicting |
| compares 2 things using "like" or "as" | Simile |
| final outcome, during which any remaining conflicts are resolved or left open | Resolution |
| repitition of sounds at the ends of words | Rhyme |
| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | Rhythm |
| events that increase the tension | Rising Action |
| brief work of fiction | short story |
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