English Exam Practice

Question 1

an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 2

words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning or contradict their usual meaning

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verbal irony

Question 3

the story's end

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conclusion/resolution

Question 4

An inoffensive word or term used in place of another that is felt to be offensive

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euphemism

Question 5

Narration is all knowing

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Omniscient

Question 6

the attitude toward the subject and audience conveyed by the language and rhythm of the speaker

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tone

Question 7

an expression having a special meaning different from the usual meanings of the words

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idiom

Question 8

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

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dialect

Question 9

A judgment based on reasoning rather than direct statement

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inference

Question 10

Presents events of the past in the midst of a story in the present

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flasback

Question 11

the feeling created in a READER by a literary work or passage

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mood

Question 12

Establishes the setting, identifies the characters, introduces the basic situations

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Exposition

Question 13

The main character in a literary work

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protagonist

Question 14

anything that stands for or represents something else

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symbol

Question 15

prose writing that tells about imaginary characters/events

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fiction

Question 16

Words that have the same initial consonant sound

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Alliteration

Question 17

the ordinary form of writing; most writing that is not poetry, drama, or song

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prose

Question 18

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song

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refrain

Question 19

a problem or struggle within a character

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internal conflict

Question 20

a reference to a well-known person, place, even, literary work, or work of art

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allusion

Question 21

a question asked in order to make a point, not to get an answer

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rhetorical question

Question 22

The art of writing or speaking effectively

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Rhetoric

Question 23

a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses

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imagery

Question 24

The association that a word brings to mind-non-dictionary meaning

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connotative language

Question 25

conversation between characters

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dialogue

Question 26

The message, central concerns, or insight into life revealed in a literary work

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Theme

Question 27

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as

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simile

Question 28

A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true

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dramatic irony

English Exam Practice

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English Exam Practice

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