Terms

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A word, phrase, or item that brings your thoughts to something outside of the book or an expression that comes to mind without mentioning it.

Question 3

Annotation

Answer 3

A note of explanation or a comment added to text or a diagram

Question 4

Audience

Answer 4

A group of people who gather together to listen or watch something.

Question 5

Citation

Answer 5

A way to tell your reader that certain information came from a different source.

Question 6

Claim

Answer 6

Stating that outcome or idea of something without actual proof

Question 7

Counterargument

Answer 7

Rebuttal against your original argument

Question 8

Direct characterization

Answer 8

The author describes the character out front

Question 9

Dystopian fiction

Answer 9

uses characters to explore the dangerous effects of political and social structures of humanity’s failures. Ex: government control, environmental destruction, survival.

Question 10

Fantasy

Answer 10

Unrealistic. The characters are looking for themselves, are on a personal journey, and there is normally an adventure.

Question 11

Flashback

Answer 11

When a character remembers something that happened in the past

Question 12

Foreshadowing

Answer 12

Giving a warning or indication of a future event

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

extreme exaggeration

Question 14

imagery

Answer 14

descriptive or figurative language/ uses your senses

Question 15

indirect characterization

Answer 15

the author reveals the character’s appearance through actions, thoughts, or speech

Question 16

irony

Answer 16

a contradiction of expectation/ JULIANA

Question 17

metahpor

Answer 17

a comparison without using like or as

Question 18

personification

Answer 18

giving human-like characteristics to something nonhuman

Question 19

1st person pov

Answer 19

the narrator tells the story from their point of view
EX: night

Question 20

2nd person pov

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The reader is in the story and uses the word “you”

Question 21

3rd person limited pov

Answer 21

The narrator talks about one specific person who we know everything about.
EX: Harry Potter

Question 22

3rd person omniscient pov

Answer 22

the author writes the story with an all knowing mindset and knows what other characters are going through and thinking

Question 23

Quote

Answer 23

repeating the words of someone else

Question 24

satire

Answer 24

pointing out the flaws in society by making someone or something look ridiculous through humor

Question 25

Science fiction

Answer 25

characters are searching for the truth and meaning in life and for their society. They must contain an element of reality and an element of science/technology.

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

a comparison using like or as

Question 27

speculative fiction

Answer 27

The setting is somewhere not in the real world, and there are supernatural and futuristic elements. Includes many different genres of fiction.

Question 28

Symbol

Answer 28

something that represents something else

Question 29

transition

Answer 29

going from one point or plot in the story to another plot or point.