English 11 Course Recovery Test Prep.

a traditional story concerning the early history of a people or explaining a social phenomenon, typically involving supernatural beings or events

• myth

• oral tradition

• play

• allegory

A form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas, and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted through speaking/performing from one generation to the next.

• myth

• oral tradition

• play

• allegory

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden moral or political meaning

• myth

• oral tradition

• play

• allegory

a dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast

• myth

• oral tradition

• play

• allegory

when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• allegory

the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• play

when actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected or intended

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• oral tradition

True or False: a simile is a comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as"

• true

• false

True or False: A metaphor is a comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as"

• true

• false

Foil

• a character that stands out among the others

• a character whose purpose is to accentuate or draw attention to the qualities of another character

• a character whose purpose is to annoy the reader

• a character that has achieved legendary status due to the success of the book or series in which it appears