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Midterm Literature Review

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What are the two types of characterization?   Direct and Indirect  
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The five elements of plot are rising action, falling action, ________________, exposition and resolution.   Climax  
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In what element of plot is the setting of the story introduced?   Expostion  
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What type of characterization is revealed through the dialougue of characters?   Indirect Characterization  
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Who are the people or animals who take part in a story's ation?   Characters  
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What is the way a writer reveals the character's personality?   Characterization  
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What is the central maessage expressed in a story?   Theme  
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______________ is a message ablout life that is expressed in different cultures and time periods.   Universal Theme  
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The sequence of events in a short story is...   Plot  
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___________ is the time and place of the story, characters and situation   Setting  
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What introduces the conflict or problem?   Rising Action  
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The turning point of a story is the...   Climax  
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What is the part of a sotry when the conflict lessens?   Falling Action  
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The story's conclusion is the ...   Resolution  
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What is the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur later?   Forshadowing  
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What is an optional course you take in school?   Elective  
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To make an unpleasant expression by contracting the eyebrows and lowering the corners of the mouth is to...   Scowl  
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What is a belief?   Conviction  
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What is another word for serious or somber?   Solemn  
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What are poem lined divinded into lines?   Stanzas  
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A ________ describes one thing as if it were something else.   Metaphor  
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____________ gives human qualities to something that is not human.   Personification  
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What uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things?   Similes  
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What is anything the represents something else?   Symbol  
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The repetition of constant sounds is...   Alliteration  
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The repetition of vowel sonds is ___________   Assonance  
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What is the use of words that imitates sounds?   Onamatopia  
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Repition of sounds at the ends of words is,   Rhyme  
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What is a three-lined Japenese poem?   Haiku  
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Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feeling of a single speaker are   Lyrics  
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Songlike poems that tell a story are   Ballads  
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What type of poems are shaped to look like their subjects?   Concrete Poems  
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Humurous, rhyming five line poems are   Limericks  
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What enhances a poem's mood and meaning?   Sound Devices  
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The use of any element of language twice is   Repitition  
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In the story Seventh Grade, who does Victor have a crush on?   Theresa  
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How are the stories Stolen Day and Seventh Grade alike?   The both embarrass themselves.  
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In the poem The Desert is My Mother, is the title a metaphor or a simile?   Metaphor  
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In the poem Bailando who is the author talking about?   Her aunt.  
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In the poem Rider, what is the author trying to escape?   Loneliness  
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What type of poem is Seal?   Concrete Poem  
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