FLEX 7th Final Exam Review

a phrase that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”

euphemism for life outside of the Community

an imagined society where everything is perfect; this is what the Community leaders were trying to create

euphemism for puberty

when what happens is the opposite of what you expect to happen

descriptive words or phrases used to create an impression that appeals to one of the five senses

euphemism for death

hinting at events that will occur later in the story

told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns “I” and “we”

the time and place in which the action of the story occurs

when what you say is the opposite of what you mean

euphemism for job/career

giving human characteristics to something that is not human

an idea that recurs (occurs repeatedly) in a work of literature

the artful deviation from literal speech that includes literary devices such as metaphor, simile, and personification

fantasy that includes the imaginary treatment of scientific exploration, space travel, alternate worlds, alien creatures

to use clues in the story to come to conclusions about the plot or characters

when the reader knows something that the character doesn’t know

the narrator is an outside observer that doesn’t know the thoughts or feelings of any characters

reader anxiety that results from the author’s withholding of plot details

the emotion that pervades a work; the reader is meant to share this emotion with the characters

a story with two levels of meaning

a thing that represents or stands for something else

the narrator is an outside observer who can tell us the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a story

the narrator is an outside observer that focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

a word/phrase that is used instead of another word/phrase that is considered too harsh, unpleasant, or uncomfortable

a phrase that compares two things, usually by stating that one thing is another

a society gone horribly wrong: a community of extreme control, corruption, or chaos;