1st Semester Exam

the repition of similar sounds within the same sentence or phrase

connecting word that shows relationship between a noun or a pronoun & other words in sentence

The author gives clues about the character through speech, actions, and thoughts

the use of extreme exaggeration

Takes the place of the nouns

A phrase or term that consist of words that contradict one another

Author’s attitude toward the text, word choice that shows author’s attitude toward the topic.

A very unusual person of you in which the narrator speaks directly to the reader by using you

a comparison of two things that are not alike by like or as

A fully deveoloped character with many traits

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

Provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion.

The way the text affects the reader

The leading character or one of the major characters in a movie or novel

An underdeveloped Character with few or no traits

joke or phrase that takes advantage of words that have multiple definitions, for comic purposes

phrase or group of words that have a figurative meaning that differs from the literal meaning.

A character who serves to highlight the main character having opposite traits. (Sidekick)

Makes a statement.

Gives a command

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

The words above, around, during, into, are all examples of ...

A character who does not change during the story

Show action

The same as a simple sentence. It will stand alone as an understandable thought.

main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

Person, place, or thing.

Refers to the feelings and attitudes associated with the words

Asks a question

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

onomatopoeia

Dictionary definition of a word

The narrator knows what all the characters are thinking and relates those thoughts to a reader

join words in sentences

Indicated by the use of pronouns such as: he, she, they, and them

modify nouns

certain number of lines,4 or more,having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forms a poem.

Adverbs answer which question?

Narrator relates only what characters do and say and doesn't reveal the thoughts to the reader

The author tells us exactly what to think or know about the character

A character who grows and changes throughout the story

writer or speaker's choice of words. (Positive or Negative)

Sounds, sights smell, touch, and taste. It relates to your five senses

She, her, hers, he, him, his, we, ours, theirs, them, they, this, that, & it are examples of...

The perspective from which a narrative is told

The narrator knows what only some of the characters are thinking and relates to the reader

Is a reference to a widely known person, place, or event.

Can be reconginzed easily because the narrator uses the first person pronoun such as: I, me,us

Characterization The act of creating or devolping a character

Break apart the text and look at the the details