1st Semester exam review

an expression designed to call something to mind without stating it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference to a well known piece of literature

• allusion

• alliteration

• reference

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The author’s attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader/audience. It is generally expressed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

• theme

• mood

• tone

• symbolisim

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

a person who actively opposes the main character (protagonist)

• protagonist

• antagonist

• flat character

• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

*This is typically used to let the audience know what the character is thinking.

• simile

• alliteration

• allusion

• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

the central message or moral in a literary piece - written as a statement

• theme

• tone

• metaphor

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

An object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story.

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The reader is shown what the character is like through physical description, the character’s actions, the character’s words and thoughts, and how the character affects other characters

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• main character

• static character

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the most intense, exciting, or important point of the literary piece

• exposition

• rising action

• plot

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a character who doesn’t experience a significant change (may also be called a flat character)

• dynamic character

• static character

• round character

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

a group of lines within a poem, usually set apart from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation

• hakiu

• stanza

• paragraph

• introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9