Grade 9 HVHS Exam Review 2024

Hints given early on in the story about what will happen later

Time and place of a story

Two contradictory terms used together that are somehow true (ex. only choice)

A composition that describes a person, place or thing in great detail

An idea or feeling associated with a word

A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are nearby each other

A composition that explains factual information

Poetry that has no rules- it doesn't rhyme or have any pattern

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

The main idea in a piece of writing

Figures of speech that include similes, metaphors, etc.

Writing that uses one or more of the 5 senses

Giving human traits to non-human things like animals or objects

Exaggeration

A concrete object that represents an abstract idea

A composition with the purpose of convincing you of something

Writing that tells a story

Prose written about facts, true events and real people.

The central character in a story

A speech given by a character who is alone on the stage

Character or force that creates conflict in a story

A historical, religious, or mythical reference (or to something famous)

Words that sound like what they mean

A direct comparison of two unlike things. Ex. "She is the wind"