Semester 2 Final Review

author's attitude toward the subject

Walking Dead

a device in which words, sounds, and/or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm

word choice intended to convey a certain effect

an accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal

A phrase that has a different meaning that that of the words that make it up.

"ball is in your court"

proof; quotes word for word from the book

repetition of initial consonant sounds

a recurrent strand of imagery within a work of literature

a reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place or thing

The struggle within a character

using objects to represent ideas

Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work

feelings evoked in the reader

the emotions a word normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading the word

facts revealed by author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a work

Opportunity was knocking at her door.

the most important or central thought in a paragraph

Your backyard is a Garden of Eden.

a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression

The Bald Eagle is a _____ for freedom.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

"BOOM" "POW" "BANG"

of chief importance

the main events of a work as an interrelated sequence

The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.

how the story is solved...how it ends

(imitative harmony) the use of words that mimic the sound they describe

the specific dictionary definition of a word 

who is telling the story; from what angle the story is told

The time and place of the action of a literary work

the quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome of events

an event in which the essential nature of something-a person, a situation, an object

When elements of a statement contradict each other but turn out to reveal a hidden truth

a brief statement or account of the main points 

A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering in the breeze.

She was a beast on the soccer field.

a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, or actions using the 5 senses

a scene that interrupts action of a work to show a previous event 

16. Opportunity was knocking at her door.

read between the lines, educated guess

why characters do what they do

clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

author's main message

a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration

the main problem in a story

the dictionary definition of a word