9TH Grade Final Exam Review

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

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

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

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

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

The struggle between opposing forces.

Putting something in your own words.

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

Emotional quality that sets the tone of a literary work.

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

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

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

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

Type of Story? The Odyssey

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

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

A larger-than-life hero.

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

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

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

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

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.

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

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in close proximity

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

Type of Story? A White House Diary

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

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