9th Grade Final Exam Review

Front

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

Back

Point of view

Front

What is the term for the type or category to which a literary work belongs?

Back

Genre

Front

What punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses when the second explains or elaborates on the first?

Back

Semicolon

Front

What term refers to a writer's choice of words?

Back

Diction

Front

What type of point of view describes when the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character?

Back

Third person limited

Front

What is the term for the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

Back

Theme

Front

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Back

Alliteration

Front

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

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Symbolism