Analyzing fiction and poetry

Question 1

Characters are described through what they say and do.

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Indirect description

Question 2

Where a character comes from or grew up.

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Background

Question 3

A narrator who withholds information from the reader.

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Unreliable narrator

Question 4

A character that develops throughout a story.

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Round character

Question 5

The way the narrator speaks, the style of language they use.

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Narrative voice

Question 6

A regular rhythm throughout a poem.

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Metre

Question 7

Two lines right after each other that rhyme. (AABB)

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Couplet

Question 8

A narrator who only knows the thoughts and feelings of one (or none) of the characters.

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Limited narrator

Question 9

A story told using "I" or "we".

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First person narrative

Question 10

An inanimate object is given human-like qualities.

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Personification

Question 11

A word is found more places throughout a poem to link the stanzas together.

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Repetition

Question 12

The one who narrates a poem.

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Speaker

Question 13

A group of lines in a poem

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Stanza

Question 14

A character different from the poet who acts as a speaker in the poem.

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Persona

Question 15

The character that is central to the story.

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Main character, Point-of-view character

Question 16

Something on the figurative level lends meaning to the literal level without really being there

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Metaphor

Question 17

A poem which focuses on feelings and descriptions.

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Lyrical poem

Questions 17