Duplicate of Literary Terms Grade 10 Midterm

Question 1

giving a nonhuman object human traits

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personification

Question 2

compares two things but says one thing becomes the other

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metaphor

Question 3

writing about someone written by someone else

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biography

Question 4

writing that wants readers to believe a certain way or act a certain way

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persuasive essay

Question 5

Something that stands for something else.

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symbol

Question 6

The person that communicates with the reader in a poem.

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speaker

Question 7

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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meter

Question 8

groups of lines within a poem

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stanza

Question 9

writing that explains, gives an analysis, or reviews a topic

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expository essay

Question 10

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in the same line

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alliteration

Question 11

Two or more things are compared using LIKE or AS for comparison.

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Simile

Question 12

language that appeals to the reader's 5 senses

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imagery

Question 13

pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds within a line of poetry

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rhythm

Question 14

genre of literature about true events

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nonfiction

Question 15

Story of a person's life written by that person.

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autobiography

Question 16

same vowel sounds occurring within poetry often at the end of lines

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rhyme

Question 17

these make up the stanzas of a poem

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lines

Question 18

an author's account of a historical event

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memoir

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