Midterm Review

Statement of belief or feeling

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

The main unit of a poem.

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

A category or class of literature

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

The time and place of the action in a story.

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

The reasons for the character’s behavior

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

Words with similar meanings.

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

The struggle between opposing forces

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

The events that make up a story

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

A word part that came to English from an older language

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

A group of lines in a poem