FSA READING REVIEW #1

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What is a stanza?

Back

A paragraph in a poem.

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What is the connotation of a word or phrase?

Back

The associated emotions and imagery.

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What is the central idea of a text?

Back

The most important point of the text.

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What is hyperbole?

Back

Exaggerating to make a point.

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What is an allusion?

Back

Referencing an outside concept or text.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a simile?

Back

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

Front

What is the theme of a text?

Back

The underlying message or main idea of the text.

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What is imagery in literature?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.