Final Review

Question 1

art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse

Accepted Answer

rhetoric

Question 2

a character that doesn't change

Accepted Answer

static character

Question 3

an ALL KNOWING narrator tells the story

Accepted Answer

Omniscient POV

Question 4

a conflict within one's mind

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internal conflict

Question 5

an atmosphere created by the writer

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mood

Question 6

a character who acts as a contrast to another character

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foil

Question 7

a "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word

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pun

Question 8

when what is expected to happen and what actually happens differ

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situational irony

Question 9

the attitude of the writer

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tone

Question 10

scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence to go back to events earlier in time

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flashback

Question 11

a narrator who is objective tells the story

Accepted Answer

objective POV

Question 12

a statement that appears self-contradictory

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paradox

Question 13

comparison using like or as

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simile

Question 14

a poem that consists of four lines or four lines in a poem

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quatrain

Question 15

the author reveals what a character is like by revealing the character's actions, etc.

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indirect characterization

Question 16

when someone says something and means something else

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verbal irony

Question 17

POP, ZAP

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 18

a character who changes in the story

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dynamic character

Question 19

conflict between two people

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external conflict

Question 20

the author tells us explicitly what the character is life (sneaky, generous, mean)

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direct characterization

Question 21

a speaker's choice of words

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diction

Question 22

the use of language to paint a picture

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imagery

Question 23

opponent who struggles against the hero

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antagonist

Question 24

when the audience knows something a character doesn't know

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dramatic irony

Question 25

an overstatement or exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 26

the associations and emotional meanings of a word

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connotation

Question 27

a figure of speech when an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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personification

Question 28

insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work

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theme

Question 29

a statement that says less than what is meant

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understatement

Question 30

when a heroic character dies or comes to an unhappy ending

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tragedy

Question 31

one of the characters tells the story

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first person POV

Question 32

a figure of speech that makes a comparison of 2 unlike things

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metaphor

Question 33

a type of comedy in which ridiculous characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations

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farce

Question 34

a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style

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parody

Question 35

reference to something well known

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allusion

Question 36

two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

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couplet

Question 37

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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alliteration

Question 38

something that stands for something more than itself

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symbol

Question 39

an unknown narrator tells the story

Accepted Answer

3rd person POV

Question 40

story in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or abstract ideas

Accepted Answer

allegory

Final Review

Questions 40

Final Review

Questions 40