Term Review – First Set (1-9)
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Rhythm
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Enjambment
Metaphor
Simile
Repetition
Personification
Tone
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A
figure of speech which makes an
implicit, implied or hidden comparison
between two things/objects that are
poles apart but have some characteristics
common between them.
Metaphor
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A
figure of speech, which involves an
exaggeration of ideas for the sake of
emphasis.
Hyperbole
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A
literary device that repeats the same
words/phrases a few times to make an
idea clearer.
Repetition
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 An
attitude of a writer toward a subject or
an audience, generally conveyed
through the choice of words/viewpoint of
a writer on a particular subject.
Tone
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A
repetition of similar sounding words
occurring at the end of lines in poems or
songs.
Rhyme
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A
thought or sense, phrase or clause in a
line of poetry that does not come to an
end at the line break but moves over to
the next line.
Enjambment
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A
figure of speech in which a thing, idea
or animal is given human attributes.
Personification
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A
figure of speech that makes a
comparison showing similarities between
two different things. Draws resemblance
with the help of the words “like” or “as.”
Simile
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 Demonstrates
the long and short patterns
through stressed and unstressed syllables
particularly in verse form.
Rhythm
Term Review – Second Set (1015)
 Plot
 Exposition
 Rising
Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Resolution
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 The
series of conflicts and crisis in the story
that lead to the climax.
Rising Action
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 All
of the action which follows the climax.
Falling Action
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 The
structure of a story; the causal
arrangement of events and actions within
a story.
Plot
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 The
turning point. The most intense
moment (either mentally or in action).
Climax
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 The
conclusion, the tying together of all of
the threads.
Resolution
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 The
start of the story. The way things are
before the action starts.
Exposition
Term Review – Third Set (16-22)
 Theme
 Character
 Dynamic
Character
 Static Character
 Character Motivation
 Setting
 Imagery
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 Individuals
that participate in the action
Character
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 Remains
the same throughout the story.
Static Character
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 Used
to identify and establish the time,
place and mood of the events of the
story
Setting
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 Undergoes
some kind of change as the
plot unfolds.
Dynamic Character
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 Intention
or desire that causes him or her
to act in a particular way.
Character Motivation
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 When
the authors uses words and phrases
to create “mental images” for the reader
Imagery
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A
main idea or an underlying meaning of
a literary work that may be stated directly
or indirectly
Theme
Term Review – Fourth Set (2327)
 Point
of View
 First Person
 Second Person
 Third Person Omniscient
 Third Person Limited
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 Involves
the use of either of the two
pronouns “I” and “we”
First Person
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 The
narrator adheres closely to one
character’s perspective
Third Person Limited
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 Employs
the pronoun “you”
Second Person
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 The
mode of narration that an author
employs to let the readers “hear” and
“see” what takes place in a story, poem,
essay, etc.
Point of View
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 Narrator
knows the thoughts and feelings
of all of the characters in the story
Third Person Omniscient
Term Review – Fifth Set (28-34)
 Conflict
 Internal
Conflict
 External Conflict
 Man vs. Man
 Man vs. Society
 Man vs. Nature
 Man vs. Self
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 Arises
as soon as a character experience
two opposite emotions or desires.
 Hint:
The larger category
Internal Conflict
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 The
main character fights to endure or
overcome forces of nature
Man vs. Nature
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 Two
characters against each other
Man vs. Man
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 When
a character finds himself in struggle
with outside forces
External Conflict
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 The
main character challenges a law,
tradition or institution
Man vs. Society
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 The
struggle inside one’s head
 Hint:
The Sub-Category
Man vs. Self
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A
struggle between two forces
Conflict
Stories in Review (35-40)
 The
Interlopers
 Harrison Bergeron
 Searching for Summer
 By The Waters of Babylon
 There Will Come Soft Rains
 A Sound of Thunder
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A
future priest sets out on a journey east
to gain knowledge. What he discovers is
that their gods were just people and the
Place of the Gods is New York City.
By The Waters of Babylon
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A
fourteen year old boy breaks free from
his handicaps and declares himself
Emperor to show people that total
equality always suppresses our potential.
Harrison Bergeron
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 After
nuclear war, a technologicallyadvanced house keeps going about its
duties, until Nature burns it down.
There Will Come Soft Rains
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 Eckles
goes on a dinosaur hunt in the far
past, only to alter the future forever by
stepping on a butterfly.
A Sound of Thunder
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 In
a world where sunshine and blue skies
are hidden behind the clouds of nuclear
fallout, a recently married couple finds a
bit of sun with a generous old lady and
her blind son.
Searching for Summer
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 Two
enemies meet in the disputed forest,
only to get trapped under a falling tree
limb. Of course, once they make their
peace, they are eaten by wolves.
The Interlopers
Put the Pieces of a Plot
Diagram in order!
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