Lit. Terms Final 2015

Question 1

the reason an author writes; could be to inform, persuade, or entertain

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writer's purpose

Question 2

struggle or problem in a story between two forces that creates a tension that must be resolved

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conflict

Question 3

words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

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imagery

Question 4

the story of the writer’s own life, told by the writer

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autobiography

Question 5

two or more words that mean something other than the literal meanings of its individual words

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idioms

Question 6

a speaker or a character who tells a story

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narrator

Question 7

the author’s opinion and/or attitude about his or her topic

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author's perspective

Question 8

a fiction work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

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novella

Question 9

to tell in advance the outcome of a story or event

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prediction

Question 10

the use of words that imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

Question 11

writing that gives information or states the author’s perspective about a subject

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nonfiction

Question 12

a humorous,rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme

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limerick

Question 13

things known for certain to be true vs. things believed to be true

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fact/opinion

Question 14

a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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character

Question 15

a form of writing that tells a story about made-up characters and events

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fiction

Question 16

a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

Question 17

a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas

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simile

Question 18

a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person

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biography

Question 19

a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else

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metaphor

Question 20

noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of others

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cause/effect

Question 21

the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told

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point of view

Question 22

a poem with ashape that suggests its subject

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concrete poem

Question 23

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

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figurative language

Question 24

the act of creating and developing a character

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characterization

Question 25

a three-line Japanese verse poem, 5-7-5

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haiku

Question 26

the time and place in which events of a story happen

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setting

Question 27

a long work of fiction

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novel

Question 28

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

Question 29

a written exercise about the similarities and differences between two things

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compare/contrast

Question 30

a division or type of literature

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genres

Lit. Terms Final 2015

Questions 30

Lit. Terms Final 2015

Questions 30