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Finals studystack for hack in 7th grade literature at SRB by KR

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A great deal; very much   immensely  
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Something that comforts a disappointed person   consolation  
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Optional course   elective  
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Belief   conviction  
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Make an unpleasant expression by contracting the eyebrows and lowering the corners of the mouth   scowl  
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In the story "Ribbons," where did the Grandmother come from?   Hong Kong, China  
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Physical work   exertion  
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Figurative Language is   writing or speech not meant to be taken literally  
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---- describe one thing as if it were something else   Metaphor  
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Who is the main character in the story "The Bear Boy?"   Kuo-Haya  
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---- gives human qualities to something that is not human   personification  
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---- use "like" or "as" to compare two apparently unlike things   similes  
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A ---- is anything that represents something else   symbol  
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---- is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words   Alliteration  
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Exposition   introduces the setting- the time and place of the story, the characters, and the basic situation  
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--- is the turning point of the story   climax  
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--- is the story's conclusion   resolution  
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Rising Action   introduces the conflict, or problem  
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Falling ---- is the part of a story when the conflict lessens   action  
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What other language can Pat Mora speak?   EspaƱol (Spanish)  
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Buson wrote   haikus  
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Seal is a   concrete poem  
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"You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, with measured beat and slow, like a sexton ringing the village bell" is an example of what type of figurative language from what story?   simile, The Village Blacksmith  
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---- enhance a poem's mood and meaning   Sound devices  
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---- is the use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once   repetition  
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Assonance is the   repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables  
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Consonance is   the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables  
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Rhyme   is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words  
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onomatopoeia is the   use of words that imitate sounds  
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meter   the rhythmical pattern in a poem  
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Narrative poetry   tells a story in verse  
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What is a Haiku?   a three-line Japanese verse form  
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---- poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure   Free Verse  
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---- poetry expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker   Lyric  
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---- are songlike poems that tell a story   Ballads  
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---- poems are shaped to look like their subjects   Concrete  
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----are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems   Limericks  
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---- ---- are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length   Rhyming couplets  
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What is Rikki-tikki's attitude after he kills Karait?   He was over confident.  
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What is Characterization?   The way a writer reveal's a character's personality.  
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In ----, the writer describes the character?   direct characterization  
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In ----, the writer reveals the character through speech and actions   indirect characterization  
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---- are the people or animals who take part in a story's action.   Character's  
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---- is the central message expressed in a story.   Theme  
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A ---- ----, or a recurring theme, is a message about life that's expressed in different cultures and time periods.   universal theme  
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---- is the sequence of events in a short story.   Plot  
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---- ---- are the tools writers often use to enhance their writing.   Literary Devices  
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---- is the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that're going to happen later   Foreshadowing  
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---- is the placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences   Flashback  
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---- is the general name given to literally techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions   Irony  
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---- is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group   Dialect  
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showing shyness   timid  
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process by which one becomes a member of a group   initiation  
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failed to take care of   neglected  
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came back to consciousness   revived  
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unscheduled; unplanned   impromptu  
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slightly open   ajar  
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hesitantly; with certainty   tentatively  
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great musician   maestro  
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giving off light   luminous  
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curving motion   swerve  
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speak   utter  
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a small mammal that eats rats, mice, birds, and eggs   weasel  
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dig a hole for shelter   burrow  
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stoops or bends low   crouches  
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become untangled or separated   unravel  
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force from a position or place   dislodge  
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tough and strong   sinewy  
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strong and muscular   brawny  
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upper legs of an animal   haunches  
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What type of figurative language is used in "Fog"?   personification  
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