English Final Exam Review

Foreshadowing is one literary technique that authors use to build…

________ happens when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.

A central character that experiences conflict and changes and grows through the story

______ happens when someone says something other than what they mean.

The way the author presents the character to the audience

The quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere

The snake hissed at the hiker because it was startled.

In MLA format, all of the margins must be set the 1 inch.

In MLA format, the entire essay must be double-spaced.

The perspective from which the story is told

MLA stands for the Modern Linguistic Association.

The author reveals a character’s attributes by stating them directly

The author reveals a character’s attributes through his/her actions, dialogue, and interactions with others

An imaginary place with ideal political and social conditions

There is no title page in MLA format.

When writing a formal letter, what are three important things to keep in mind?

A perspective where the narrator knows everything about every character

Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his stories that contain which stylistic element?

A thought or idea the author presents to the reader that may be deep or moralistic

The main struggle of the story is called the…

The table danced across the room during the earthquake.

When writing a formal letter or essay, why can you not include contractions?

Conflicts are introduced to the story

The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome of certain actions

The expected outcome differs from the actual outcome

The struggle between opposing forces

What three elements must be included in every single introductory paragraph of an essay?

A lengthy, narrative poem

A character that does not experience conflicts and does not grow or change through the story

A perspective where the narrator knows everything about one character

Busy as a bee.

With ________, the author relies on actions and dialogue to enhance the character.

“I felt as if I was in a monstrous spider web.”

A character that is larger than life

In MLA format, the paper’s heading contains the author’s name, instructors name, course name, and date.

A literary movement that placed an emphasis on trepidation and awe

“…the main expanse of that eternal ocean, all bloody under that eternal sunset.”

The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story

The pop of the gun as she pulled the trigger startled the bystanders.

The narrator is telling the story, but is not included in the story

The body paragraph of every essay must begin with…

A perspective where the narrator is telling the story and is also a character in the story

Where must the thesis be located?

The events that make up a story

“That is the germ of my great discovery”