9TH Grade Final Exam Review

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

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

Type of Story? The Odyssey

Emotional quality that sets the tone of a literary work.

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

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

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.

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

Factual writing that deals with real people and experiences.

Type of Story? Romeo and Juliet

Putting something in your own words.

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

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

The particular order a writer uses to present ideas.

Thinking about whether you understand what you are reading.

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

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

Conversation between characters in a work of literature.

Emphasizes the line as the unit of composition.

The struggle between opposing forces.

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

Situations and characters are invented by the writer.

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

Type of Story? A White House Diary

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

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

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in close proximity

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

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

A larger-than-life hero.