9TH Grade Final Exam Review

The "word pictures" that authors create to evoke an emotional response in readers.

Language that uses figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and personification.

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

A person or a force in society or nature that opposes the central character in a story or drama

Emotional quality that sets the tone of a literary work.

The sequence of events that ties the beginning of a story to its end.

A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next.

Type of Story? A White House Diary

Stating the main ideas of a work or passage in your own words and in a logical sequence.

Written in a dignified style that celebrates the adventures and achievements of a hero.

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

Putting something in your own words.

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

Make an informed guess about what is likely to happen in a story.

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

The struggle between opposing forces.

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a larger-than-life hero.

A story intended to be performed by actors on a stage or before movie or tv cameras.

Type of Story? The Odyssey

A brief fictional narrative; Usually focuses on a single event and has only a few characters.

The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflict revolves.

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in close proximity

A figure of speech that compares or equates two seemingly unlike things.

A work of nonfiction that tells the story of important historical events or developments.

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

A larger-than-life hero.