Final Exam Review - Fall - 9th Grade

all the events leading up to the climax make up this term

Choose the error:  As I was saying. Star Wars is the greatest movie of all time.

the perspective from which the story is told

The universal idea that a work of literature tries to tell us about life

When we went to the store no one was there to greet us.

the main character struggles against an outside force:  Man vs. Nature

the time and place of the action

Choose the error:  Since I can never figure out where I left my machete, I will take a break.

a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist

Wart

When we went to the store and found no one there.

He sold his truck since the bumper was dented, the squeaky brakes, and the transmission leaked.

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

a story or tale with 2 or more levels of meaning-a literal level and 1 or more symbolic levels

techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality (or expectation) and result

a character who provides a contrast to another character

We went to the store and no one was there.

an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, readers, or audience

Sekhar tells his boss the truth about his singing.

Don Quixote

use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation; the beginning of the plot

when the reader knows more than the characters

the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures

atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject...can be formal, serious, etc.

the sequence of events in a literary work; the "stuff" that happens

a contradiction between what a characters thinks and what the reader or audience knows is true

We went to the store, no one was there.

Choose the error:  There will never be another Robin Hood but no one seems to care.

a struggle between opposing forces which forms the basis of stories, novels, and plays

"Cupid and Psyche"

the main character in a literary work

a figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare 2 dissimilar items

a character, place, thing or event that stands for something else, often an abstract idea

leads to the resolution, follows the climax

Poe's theory about what makes a good short story... a unified emotional effect on the reader.

a story inside a story; narrator is a character who tells story as flashback

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

the high point of interest or suspense

Lord of the Flies

words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

"Arthur Becomes King of Britain"

a category or form of literature commonly divided into 3 types:poetry,prose, and drama

a character struggles within himself or herself:  Man vs. Self

writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally..often used to create vivid impressions

Choose the error:  In his essay, Ernie explored sympathy, reconciliation, and being mean.

means by which authors present material that occurred earlier than the present time