9TH Grade Exam Review

Question 1

The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words

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Rhyme

Question 2

Putting something in your own words.

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Paraphrase

Question 3

Language that uses figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and personification.

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Figurative Language

Question 4

A brief fictional narrative; Usually focuses on a single event and has only a few characters.

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Short Story

Question 5

Emotional quality of a literary work.

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Mood

Question 6

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

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Drama

Question 7

A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next.

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Suspense

Question 8

Stating the main ideas of a work or passage in your own words and in a logical sequence.

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Summarize

Question 9

Type of Story? In Memorian

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Short Story

Question 10

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

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Poetry

Question 11

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

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Nonfiction

Question 12

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

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Genre Fiction

Question 13

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

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Foil

Question 14

The "word pictures" that authors create to evoke an emotional response in readers.

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Imagery

Question 15

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

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Dialogue

Question 16

Make an informed guess about what is likely to happen in a story.

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Predictions

Question 17

A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a larger-than-life hero.

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Epic

Question 18

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

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Monitoring Comprehension

Question 19

The sequence of events that ties the beginning of a story to its end.

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Plot

Question 20

A story intended to be performed by actors on a stage or before movie or tv cameras.

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Drama

Question 21

A larger-than-life hero.

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Epic Hero

Question 22

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

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Structure

Question 23

Written in a dignified style that celebrates the adventures and achievements of a hero.

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Epic and Myth

Question 24

A person or a force in society or nature that opposes the central character in a story or drama

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Antagonist

Question 25

Type of Story? The Odyssey

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Epic

Question 26

A work of nonfiction that tells the story of important historical events or developments.

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Historical Narrative

Question 27

The struggle between opposing forces.

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Conflict

Question 28

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

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Rhyme Scheme

Question 29

A figure of speech that compares or equates two seemingly unlike things.

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Metaphor

Question 30

The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflict revolves.

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Protagonist

9TH Grade Exam Review

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9TH Grade Exam Review

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