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Exam Review H10

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  • What is personification?
    a figure of speech in which something that is not human is given human characteristics
  • What is conflict?
    struggle between opposing forces/ problem in the story
  • What is Dramatic Irony?
    where the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know
  • On the Plot diagram, what is the Climax of a story (what does it do)?
    the turning point in a story or novel, the point of greatest change either in character(s) or events
  • What is Verbal Irony?
    exists when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another
  • What is Plot?
    the sequence of events that make up a story
  • What is External Conflict?
    involves a  character's struggle with something or someone outside of themselves
  • What is Tone?
    The attitude the author has toward the subject or work.
  • What is imagery?
    descriptive language that appeals to a reader's senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
  • What is a simile?
    an indirect comparison of two things that often uses like or as
  • On the Plot diagram, what is Exposition (what does it do)?
    introduces setting and characters, introduces the conflict
  • What is allusion?
    A figure of speech that makes a brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
  • What is Situational Irony?
    contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens
  • On the Plot diagram, what is Resolution (what does it do)?
    reveals the final outcome, ties up loose ends
  • On the Plot diagram., what is Falling Action (what does it do)?
    eases the suspense, reveals the outcome of the story’s climax, shows how the main character will resolve the conflict, leads to the resoluction
  • What is Mood?
    The feeling a text creates for the reader.
  • What is Internal Conflict?
    involves a struggle within a character (they are struggling with their own conscience, morals, thoughts, desires, etc...)
  • On the Plot diagram, what is Rising Action (what does it do)?
    presents complications that intensify the conflict, builds suspense, leads to the conflict
  • What is alliteration?
    The repetition of beginning consonant sounds. (Sally sells seashells by the seashore.)