English final 1

Question 1

is prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

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fiction

Question 2

is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, or events

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nonfiction

Question 3

is a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes

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epic

Question 4

is a fictional tale that describes the actions of gods and heroes or explains the causes of natural phenomena

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myth

Question 5

is a short nonfiction work about a particular subject

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essay

Question 6

is writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

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exposition

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introduces the central conflict. all the events leading up to the information

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rising action

Question 8

highest point of interest or suspense

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climax

Question 9

followed by the climax leading to the resolution

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falling action

Question 10

conflict is resolved

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resolution

Question 11

conflict is resolved

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resolution

Question 12

is a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- a literary level and one or more symbolic levels

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allegory

Question 13

is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as through it were something else

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metaphor

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is type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

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is a character, place, thing or event that stands for something else, often an abstracted idea

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symbol

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is the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

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imagery

Question 17

is the general term for the literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

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irony

Question 18

there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true

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dramatic irony

Question 19

words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

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verbal irony

Question 20

is a special form of language, spoken by people in a particular region or group

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dialect

Question 21

is a conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative

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dialogue

Question 22

the author directly states a characters traits

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direct characterization

Question 23

an author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says as well as how other characters react to him or her

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indirect characterization

Question 24

the perspective form which the story is told

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point of view

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refers to an authors choice of words, especially with regard to range of vocabulary, use of slang and colloquial language, and level of formality

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diction

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refers to an authors unique way of writing

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style

Question 27

of a literary work is the writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject

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tone

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is a repeated grouping or two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme

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stanza

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is the pattern of beats or stresses, in spoken or written language

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rhythm

Question 30

of a poem is its rhythmical pattern

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meter

Question 31

is the repetition of sounds at the end of words

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rhyme

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is a regular pattern or rhyming words in a poem

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rhyme scheme

Question 33

is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

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sonnet

Question 34

similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail

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analogous

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introduces a change in the speakers understanding of what he/she is narrating, signaling to readers that he has reached an insight

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shift

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literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem, for the purpose of developing comparison and contrasts

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juxtapose

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genre of literature where the author writes about his or her memories

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memoir

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of or relating to the style of writing that describes strange or frightening events that take place in mysterious places

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gothic

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expression of ideas and thoughts by means of articulate vocal sounds

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speech

Question 40

actions that have an effect opposite from what was intended

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situational irony

Question 41

situation in which the person making the decision experiences a conflict between the moral rightness of a decision and the quality of the results it produces

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moral dilemma

Question 42

is clearly expressed or stated in detail at some point in narrative

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explicit theme

Question 43

a theme that is implied through out

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implicit theme

Question 44

the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses)

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syntax

Question 45

is a unit of language into which a poem or play is divided

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lines

Question 46

something sad or hopeless, or a feeling of really wanting something or of trying really hard to make something happen

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desperate

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of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled

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reassurance

Question 48

is a mood of having been calmed or quieted

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subdued

Question 49

suffering or pain, or a state of being in trouble

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distress

Question 50

not returned in kind

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unreciprocated