9TH Grade Final Exam Review

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

Emotional quality that sets the tone of a literary work.

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

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

A larger-than-life hero.

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.

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

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

Type of Story? The Odyssey

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

Putting something in your own words.

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

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

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

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

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

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

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

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

Type of Story? A White House Diary

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

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

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

The struggle between opposing forces.

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

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in close proximity