7 Mid-Year Assessment

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• allusion

a truth about life that is revealed in a story

• theme

• plot

• climax

• setting

the end of the story where the main conflict is resolved

• antagonist

• exposition

• mood

• resolution

a comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is a dissimilar object or thing

• tone

• rising action

• simile

• metaphor

the overall feeling or atmosphere created by a work of literature

• antagonist

• exposition

• mood

• resolution

events that follow the climax and lead to the resoultion

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• protagonist

• falling action

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

• antagonist

• exposition

• mood

• resolution

the main character in a story

• antagonist

• protagonist

• resolution

• personification

a comparison of two things using like or as

• tone

• rising action

• metaphor

• simile

the time and place of a story

• theme

• plot

• climax

• setting