9TH Grade Exam Review

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

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

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

Putting something in your own words.

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

Type of Story? The Odyssey

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

A larger-than-life hero.

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

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

The struggle between opposing forces.

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

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

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

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

The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words

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

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

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

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

Emotional quality of a literary work.

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

Type of Story? In Memorian

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

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

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

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

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