Gr. 9 Part B Midterm Review #1

A work that makes fun of ideas or people, ultimate purpose is to create improvement of life.

A work that makes fun of ideas or people, ultimate purpose is to create improvement of life. 

Not directly stated, the reader has to use clues from the text to figure something out.

The snowflakes danced down out of the sky like something from The Nutcracker.

French word meaning kind or type.

When the opposite of what you expect to occur happens.

Phrase/opinion that is overused and shows a lack of original thought

A recurring important idea or image, different from theme. 

Traditional story, usually about early history of people or explaining a natural phenomena.

Personality of the speaker/author coming through a work - word choice, POV and tone create this

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

A phrase/clause inserted into a text that interrupts a sentence.

A two word phrase that seems contradictory at first. Ex - deafening silence

Poetry written without rhymes, but that has a set metre.

The deliberate choice of words or type of words used.

Short story, typically with animals, conveys a moral

A direct statement about an aspect of a character.

A person or object that has a significance beyond its literal meaning.

A damsel in distress is saved by a noble knight.

An intentional exaggeration for effect.

Poem or song narrated in stanzas, tells a story. "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

Direct or indirect reference to literature, mythology, a place or event outside the story.

A character with many traits

Popular story, usually regarded as historical but mostly unauthenticated or fictional.

A direct comparison using 'was' or 'is'.

I hate him more than the Capulets hate the Montagues

Perspective from which a reader has access to the thoughts and emotion of 1 or 2 characters

Type of writing that is intended to explain, illuminate or reveal something.

Written composition that outlines real or fictional person's appearance, life, attitudes, etc..

Technique that relates to events or occurrences from a previous time.

The literal meaning of a word.

She told me - Ok fine, I was eavesdropping - that there is a surprise party tomorrow!

Type of informal language, more common in speech than writing, attributed to a specific group.

References to historical events, people, figures from mythology etc...

A humourous imitation of an original, usually serious work.

Drawing technique in cartoon that exaggerates a feature of the subject.

Expression that means something different from literal meaning of the words. "Blind as a bat"

A poetic construct that does not follow any set rules of traditional verse poetry.

An author or speaker's attitude towards something, the way a subject is presented.

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