day 14-20

Question 1

ode

Answer 1

a lyric poem usually of serious or meditative nature, elevated style and formal structure

Question 2

onamatopoeia

Answer 2

the use of words that sounds suggest their meaning

Question 3

opinion

Answer 3

see fact and opinion

Question 4

oral history

Answer 4

stories of peoples lives related by word of mouth, both factual and personal reactions

Question 5

oxymoron

Answer 5

form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas

Question 6

paradox

Answer 6

a statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true

Question 7

parallelism

Answer 7

the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related equal in importance

Question 8

paraphrasing

Answer 8

the restatement of a text by readers in their own words or in another

Question 9

parody

Answer 9

literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an authors work for comic effect or ridicule

Question 10

personification

Answer 10

figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimate objects are given human characteristics

Question 11

perspective

Answer 11

see point of view

Question 12

persuasion

Answer 12

persuasive writing is meant to sway readers feelings, beliefs, or actions. normally appeals to mind and emotions

Question 13

play

Answer 13

see drama

Question 14

plot

Answer 14

the sequence of related events that make up a story

Question 15

exposition

Answer 15

introduces the characters and the conflicts they face

Question 16

inciting incident

Answer 16

occurs after the exposition and introduces the central conflict within a story

Question 17

rising action

Answer 17

following instructions of conflict; complications arise as the characters struggle with the conflict

Question 18

climax

Answer 18

turning point, point of maximum interest, highest tension in the plot of story, play, film. usually occurs at the end of story

Question 19

falling action

Answer 19

end of central conflict in story, action starts to wind down

Question 20

resolution or denouement

Answer 20

occurs after the climax and is where conflicts are resolved and loose ends tied

Question 21

subplot

Answer 21

additional minor plot that involves a secondary conflict in the story; may or may not affect the main plot

Question 22

poetry

Answer 22

type of lit in which ideas and feelings expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language. designed to touch senses, emotions, and minds. written in lines containing patterns, rhyme, and rhythm. lines may be turned into stanzas

Question 23

point of view

Answer 23

perspective from which a story is told

Question 24

first person point of view

Answer 24

the “I” point of view, narrator can only state what he/she sees, feels, and hears

Question 25

second person point of view

Answer 25

the use of "you" in explanations or arguments

Question 26

third person limited or third person objective

Answer 26

person telling the story from a outside view

Question 27

third person omniscient

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narrator considered to be all knowing and cannot only see and hear everything that is happening to all characters and enter their minds

Question 28

predicting

Answer 28

process of gathering information and combining it with readers own knowledge

Question 29

primary source

Answer 29

first hand account of an event (diaries, journals)

Question 30

propaganda

Answer 30

text that uses false or misleading information to present a slanted point of view

Question 31

prose

Answer 31

ordinary form of spoken and written language, lack special features of poetry

Question 32

protagonist

Answer 32

see character

Question 33

questioning

Answer 33

the process of raising questions while reading in effort to understand

Question 34

realistic fiction

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imaginative writing set in the real, modern world. characters act like real people with human abilities

Question 35

refrain

Answer 35

repetition in lit of one or more lines at regular intervals, called the chorus

Question 36

repetition

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technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis

Question 37

resolution

Answer 37

see plot

Question 38

rhyme

Answer 38

repetition of an identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work, gives flow and rhyme, gives a mood

Question 39

end or terminal rhymes

Answer 39

words that rhyme at the end of a verse-line

Question 40

eye rhymes

Answer 40

words that when written appear to rhyme but when written don't

Question 41

internal rhyme

Answer 41

rhyme found within line of poetry

Question 42

slant rhyme

Answer 42

known as half rhyme,imperfect rhyme,or para rhyme system or pattern of metrical structure and verse composition which two words have only their final consonant sounds not preceding vowel or constant sounds in common instead of perfect sound or rhyme

Question 43

rhyme scheme

Answer 43

pattern of end rhyme used in a poem, generally indicated by matching lower case letters to show which lines rhyme. scheme may follow fixed pattern

Question 44

rhythm

Answer 44

the pattern of flow of sounds created by arrangement of stressed & unstressed syllables.

Question 45

rising action

Answer 45

see plot

Question 46

sarcasm

Answer 46

use of praise to mock someone or something. mockery, verbal irony

Question 47

satire

Answer 47

literary technique which ideas/customs are ridiculed for improving society

Question 48

scanning

Answer 48

searching through writing for a particular piece of information

Question 49

scene

Answer 49

section in a play presenting events that occur one at a time

Question 50

science fiction

Answer 50

prose writing where a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past, future by scientific data

Question 51

secondary source

Answer 51

presents info complied from or based on other sources

Question 52

sensory details

Answer 52

words and phrases that help you see, hear, taste, feel or smell what an author is describing

Question 53

sequence

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order in which events occur or ideas are presented

Question 54

setting

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time, place, physical details, and circumstances which a story occurs. background, atmosphere

Question 55

short story

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brief work of fiction that focuses on one or two main characters who face a problem or conflict

Question 56

simile

Answer 56

a type of figurative language that makes comparison between two unlike objects or ideas using like or as

Question 57

solilquy

Answer 57

a speech delivered by a character who is on the stage

Question 58

sonnet

Answer 58

a distinctive poem using metrical structure, verse composition, containing 14 lines, arranged in a set rhyme scheme or pattern

Question 59

Italian sonnet

Answer 59

written in iambic pentameter, consists of 8 lines

Question 60

English sonnet

Answer 60

independent rhyme scheme, every other line rhyming

Question 61

sound devices

Answer 61

alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme and rhythm

Question 62

speaker

Answer 62

voice that talks to the reader in a poem, not necessarily the poet

Question 63

speech

Answer 63

a talk given in public

Question 64

stage directions

Answer 64

instructions given to actors, director and stage crew in the script of a play