Exam Review

Question 1

Allusion:

Answer 1

Indirect reference to something (calling something to mind without pointing it out)

Question 2

Metaphor:

Answer 2

Comparison between two things that are unrelated (the assignment was a breeze)

Question 3

Simile:

Answer 3

Describing something using like or as

Question 4

Imagery:

Answer 4

Language used to represent objects, actions, and ideas using the 5 senses

Question 5

Foreshadowing:

Answer 5

A hint at future events

Question 6

Suspense:

Answer 6

The intense feeling a reader gets while waiting for the outcome

Question 7

Symbolism:

Answer 7

When an object represents another (dove = peace)

Question 8

Tone:

Answer 8

An attitude of a writer conveyed through words or viewpoint of writer (“great!” “Great..”

Question 9

Diction:

Answer 9

Choice of words (busy old fool, unruly sun)

Question 10

Irony:

Answer 10

A technique to make u think something is going to happen but the opposite does

Question 11

3 types of irony:

Answer 11

Dramatic
Situational
Verbal

Question 12

Dramatic irony:

Answer 12

When the audience knows what is going to happen but the character doesn’t

Question 13

Situational irony:

Answer 13

What you think is going to happen but the opposite happens

Question 14

Verbal :

Answer 14

The use of words to mean something different than what they actually mean

Question 15

Pathetic fallacy:

Answer 15

Human characteristics re given to nature

Question 16

Personification:

Answer 16

Giving an un human object human characteristics

Question 17

Protagonist:

Answer 17

The good guy

Question 18

Antagonist

Answer 18

The bad guy

Question 19

Types of conflict:

Answer 19

Person vs person, person vs self, person bs technology, person bs nature, person vs society, person bs supernatural

Question 20

Setting:

Answer 20

The place and conditions in which something happens or exists

Question 21

Theme:

Answer 21

The main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing