English 2 FInal Review

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What is author's purpose?

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The reason they are writing their story.

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What is a summary?

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A brief overview in the reader's own words of a larger piece of text.

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between 2 or more people.

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What is a key idea?

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A key idea is something that stands out to the reader and contributes to the theme.

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What makes a strong topic sentence?

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Connects the previous paragraph to the new paragraph.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.

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What is characterization?

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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The time and place in which the story takes place.