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Final examfc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lyric | usually song like or personal poetry |
| Nonfiction | a true story |
| Fiction | a story that is not true |
| Fact | a statement that can be proved,such as "Mars is the fourth planet from the sun." |
| Opinion | a statement that reflects the writer's belief.EX.Mars is the most beautiful planet. |
| Onomatopeia | the use of words such as buzz or splash that imitate the sounds 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. |
| Stanza | a group of poetic lines that belong together. |
| Alliteration | repeated sounds in passage of verse.Ex.Shelly sells seashells by the seashore. |
| Imagery | consists of words and phares that appeal to the readers' 5 senses.Look,feel,sound,smell and taste |
| Speaker | imaginary person who speaks the words in the poem |
| Simile | compares two things using "like" or "as". |
| Metaphor | calls one thing another without using "like" or as" |
| Personification | gives human qualities to animals,ideas,or things. |
| Irony | a techique of indicating,as though 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 t 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 of storytelling 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 of the characters |
| static character | character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course 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 that describes an event that occurred before the time in which the time in which the main story is set |
| foreshadowing | a word used to describe clues events yet to occur in a story |
| plot | events in a 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 in 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 he/she is writing about |
| setting | the place or location where the story takes place |
| symbolism | any object,person,place or action that both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger that itself,such as an idea,belief or value. |