English IV NC Final Exam Vocab Review

This word is synonymous with importance.

Gives the reader a hint of what is to come without spoiling the suspense.

To be a typical example of something or represents something.

Figurative language that compares one thing to another, using  "like" or "as."

The term that means you deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning (indirect).

An author's particular attitude or way of considering the topic in which they are writing.

Figurative language that compares two different things, WITHOUT using the words like/as.

Expression that symbolizes the opposite of what is expected, said, or the audience knows more.

A sense of heightened involvement, uncertainty, and interest an audience experiences (climax).

Add/provides/responsible for/to something in the story.

The process an author uses to describe and introduce a character

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words.

What word is synonymous for the central message of a story?

Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse.

Attitude of the writer or speaker toward a subject or an audience.

A rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses (end of the line).

Symbolic meaning of a word:  feelings associated in creating an opinion/definition of a word.

The dictionary definition of a word.

The unifying element of the story (ties together all elements), purpose, teaches a lesson

Special importance or value given to something (with a reason behind it).

The setting, situation, or background of something. You should think of a word by this.

The word that strongly suggests the truth, existence,  or importance of something (indirect).

A word or phrase that has two separate but connected meanings.