Language Arts Exam Review

Anything that stands for or represents something else.

Mr. White held the Monkey's paw in his hand, and wished for 200 pounds.

Any events that occur at or after the ending in a story.

The most exciting part in a story/turning point in the story.

The man chooses his wife's feelings over his own, and turns his wife back into a swan.

The sequence of events, or what happens in a story or novel.

The central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life

The princess has to make a decision which door the man she loves should choose.

The main character in a literary work.

Point of view when an outside voice tells the story & knows everything about all characters

The struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story.

Point of view when a character in the story is also telling the story.

The time and place of the action in a literary work.

The character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work.

This character is known to take care of her older brother.

Type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

"Sorrow walked through my door and sat next to me", is an example of 

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

This narrator is an unreliable narrator due to his mental health. 

The narrator chooses to kill the old man because of his eye.

The theme of this short story is "Lean on Me."

"On the football team, the defensive line was as solid as a concrete wall" Is an example of?

"On the football team, the defensive line was a concrete wall." Is an example of...

CRASH! BANG! BOOM! Are all examples of what figure of speech?

The beginning of a story which introduces characters, setting, and tone.

Raymond's Run is told is which point of view?

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject.

What figure of speech is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.

The comparison between like features of two things. 

The feeling created in the reader by the literary work.