NWEA Final Prep

Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of what?

alliteration

Life is a broken winged bird

The plot in a short story or novel is best described as what?

What best describes what setting is in a story, poem, or novel?

Sadie's phone slipped out of her pocket, landing in the toilet with a plop.

the basketball made an arc toward the basket and then hit the net with a satisfying whoosh.

A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject is called the __________________.

Every story has a conflict to resolve, and this is best described as what?

On the football team, the defensive line was as solid as a concrete wall.

Light and night

Information is organized in order of time

Chirp, tweet

voice tells the story, and the reader knows only what one character feels and sees.

The mouse beneath the stone is still as death.

The highest point (turning point) in the action of a story

Narrator: The sun rises and Jamal starts his paper route. Jamal: (he throws paper) Morning Al

personification

Which kind of poetry tells a story with a plot, character(s), and setting?

lines in a poem are called sentences

An exaggeration to make a point

. The rock stubbornly refused to move.

The car was a tank when it came to handling.

A narrative in literature is best described as what?

the writer of a poem is

___________ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work,or work of art.

a poem is written in

She cooked and served a scrumptious dinner, he said that she is the Julia Child of the family.

The car handled like a tank.

A reader's attitude toward a reading is __________________.

I went to the market to buy a pear I made a mistake and forgot to share.

flickering, flitting, fireflies

imagery

The audience at the 2012 Olympics cheered as, with Hercules effort, when she won

Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed

a difficulty is described and an answer is offered

A person or character who is telling the story

type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines.

On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

foreshadowing

“warm wind, the west wind”

First, it uses its long arms to reach branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet it climbs.

voice of the work tells the story-the reader can tell what any character thinks/feels

Whenever the trees are crying aloud.

“On the football team, the defensive line was a concrete wall.”

Words/ phrases which don't mean what they appear to mean- used in a way to create an effect

onomatopoeia

Have you ever had a brain freeze? It is pain in your head after eating something cold

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

A person or thing fighting against the hero of a story

symbol

______________ is the use of words that imitate sounds. Examples are: crash, bang, clang

wildfires threatened parts of the farm, firefighters worked around the clock to control it

theme

Plot Diagram for a story, novel, or poem is best described as what?