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Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character(internal)- a character’s struggle against an outside force(external)

Question 2

Mood

Answer 2

The feeling in a piece of literary work created by using descriptive language

Question 3

Genre

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A category of literature or other form of entertainment based on certain criteria

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Setting

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A place where something is positioned it where an event takes place

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Colloquial

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Informal words, phrases, or slang used in writing to add to cultural and social aspects

Question 6

Free Verse

Answer 6

A poem that is absent of any kind of structure, rhythm, or rhyme

Question 7

Sonnet Form

Answer 7

A 14-line poem, each line containing 10 syllables with 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet

Question 8

End Rhyme

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The most common type of rhyme and is when rhyming words appear at the ends of the lines of the poem

Question 9

Ballad Form

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A narrative poem that was originally meant to be sung, 4 line stanzas with rhythm and rhyme, contains dialogue and repetition

Question 10

Half Rhyme

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Words with similar, but not identical sounds

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Passive Voice

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A type of sentence or clause in which the subject receives the action of the verb

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Active Voice

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A type of sentence or clause in which the subject performs the action

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First Person Point of View

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A narrative unfolding through a specific person’s eyes; uses the pronouns “I,me, we, us, and our

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Second Person Point of View

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Narrative mode where characters are referred to by personal pronouns like “you and your”

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Third Person Point of View

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Writing using pronouns like “he, she, or they”

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Antagonist

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A character who struggles and fights against the protagonist, often the villain of a narrative

Question 17

Situational Irony

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A difference between what’s expected to happen and what really happens; exact opposite of what is meant to happen

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Verbal Irony

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Use of words that mean something opposite of what was meant or said (sarcasm)

Question 19

Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the characters don’t

Question 20

Flashback

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A reference to an event that occurred prior to the action in a story, novel, movie, etc

Question 21

Internal Rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs within a single line of a verse or between internal phrases across multiple lines

Question 22

Protagonist

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The leading character in a work of fiction (typically the hero)

Question 23

Parody

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Imitation of a particular writer, artist, or genre exaggerating it to produce a comic effect

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Local Color

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A style of writing that highlights the features and peculiarities of a particular place and its inhabitants

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Imagery

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Representation of a sensory experience; suggests a mental picture

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Metaphor

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Comparison of unlike objects without using like or as, comparison implied

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Simile

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Comparison of unlike objects using like or as

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Personification

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Attributes of humans given to animals, objects, or ideas

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another in a phrase/ line

Question 30

Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds in a combination of beginning, middle, or end of words that are close to one another in a phrase/ line

Question 31

Assonance

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close to one another in a phrase/ line

Question 32

Symbol

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An object that stands for/ represents something else

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words that sound like they mean

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration or overstatement

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the author assumes you already know

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Foreshadowing

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Giving hints and indications about something that is going to happen later in piece

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Theme

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What the author is trying to say throughout his or her work; the subject matter of the piece, or reoccurring idea throughout a piece

Question 38

Tone

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The emotion of a piece as expressed by an author through word choice and imagery

Question 39

Irony

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Describes an incident in which the opposite of which is expected occurs

Question 40

Stereotype

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A generalization about a particular group of people; not necessarily true for all people in any said group

Question 41

Voice

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A distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing