English Midterm Vocab review

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

A background for the setting and character

Question 2

Exposition Example

Answer 2

“It was the first time she’d been back in her childhood home since her brother’s death.”

Question 3

Setting

Answer 3

Where an event or story line takes place

Question 4

Setting example

Answer 4

“In the big city of New York”

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 6

Allusion Example

Answer 6

“Chocolate is her Kryptonite”

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

A recurring idea or thought in a writing

Question 8

Theme Example

Answer 8

Love, injustice, family, independence, American dream

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

Inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind using certain words

Question 10

Mood Example

Answer 10

“The low grumble of thunder set a provocative and mysterious mood”

Question 11

Tone

Answer 11

The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

Question 12

Tone Example

Answer 12

“She spoke with an optimistic tone when she spoke of the test scores being revealed”

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

One thing is said, while another thing is meant.

Question 14

Irony Example

Answer 14

“What a beautiful day!” on a cold, rainy gray day

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Makes a comparison between two non-similar things

Question 16

Metaphor Example

Answer 16

“Life is a highway”

Question 17

Simile

Answer 17

Describes something by comparing it to something else with the words like or as.

Question 18

Simile Example

Answer 18

“As slow as a sloth”

Question 19

Personification

Answer 19

Emphasize a non-human characteristics by describing them with human attributes.

Question 20

Personification Example

Answer 20

“The wind howled in the night.”

Question 21

Internal Conflict

Answer 21

Mental struggle from competing feelings, desires, impulses, etc. on a character

Question 22

Internal Conflict Example

Answer 22

A desire for success, a fear of someone over throwing a character

Question 23

External Conflict

Answer 23

conflict that is between a character and an external force, such as another character.

Question 24

External Conflict Example

Answer 24

A war between two nations.

Question 25

1st Person

Answer 25

The use of “I”, “Me”, etc.

Question 26

2nd person

Answer 26

The use of “You” in writing

Question 27

3rd person

Answer 27

The use of “He, “She”, or “They”