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Final Exam and EOG S
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nonfiction | a true story |
| Fiction | a story that is not true |
| Fact | a statement that can be proved,such as "mars is the forth planet from the sun |
| Opinion | a statement that reflects the writer’s belief. Ex: Mars is the most beautiful planet. |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words such as buzz or splash that imitate the sound associated with the objects or actions they refer to |
| Free verse | poetry that avoids repetition of the same line length,meter,or rhyme scheme from line to line |
| Lyric | usually song like or personal poetry |
| Stanza | a group of poetic lines that belong together |
| Alliteration | repeated sounds in a passage of verse.Ex:Shelly sells seashells by teh seashore |
| Imagery | consists of words and phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses. Look,feel,sound,smell,and taste |
| Speaker | imaginary person who speaks the words in the poem |
| Simile | compares two things using the words "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | calls one thing another without using "like" or "as" |
| Personification | gives human qualities to animals,ideas,or things |
| Irony | - a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated. Ex: The irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend. |
| First person point of view | point of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction |
| Third person point of view | a form story telling in which a narrator relates all action in third person,using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she" |
| Omniscient point of view | point of view in which the narrator sees into the minds of all the characters |
| Static character | character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the corse of a story |
| Dynamic character | the character undergoes an important, internal change of the action in the plot |
| Antagonist | the character who opposes the hero, or protagonist. The antagonist, when there is one,provides the story's conflict |
| Protagonist | the hero or narrator of the story |
| Flashback | a scene the describes an event that occurred before the time in which the main story is set |
| Foreshadowing | a word used to describe clues about events yet to occur in a story |
| Plot | events in the story particularly rendered toward the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect or general theme |
| exposition | beginning of the plot, sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters and gives important background information. |
| rising action | events in the plot that lead up to the climax of the story |
| climax | the point of the story when the conflict comes to a head, leading to a resolution |
| falling action | part of the plot of the story that occurs after the climax |
| resolution | the end of the plot when all the loose ends are tied up |
| internal conflict | a mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character |
| external conflict | a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment |
| theme | main idea, or message,of an essay,paragraph,movie or a book. The message may be about life, society,or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly |
| mood | atmosphere is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| tone | attitude the writer has towards the subject that he/she is writing about |
| setting | the place or location where the story takes place |
| symbolism | any object,person,place or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself,such as an idea,belief or value |