English Final Exam Terms

to persuade - to convince the reader to take an action or accept an idea

to inform - to give facts and information

to entertain - to amuse

These are ALL examples of...

• tone

• mood

• author's purpose

• flashback

Writing based on actual facts and events

• personification

• central idea

• fiction

• non-fiction

Writing based on imaginary characters or events

• foreshadow

• fiction

• non-fiction

• flashback

Writing intended to be performed by actors

• realistic fiction

• short stories

• poetry

• drama

Anything that stands for itself and something else

• symbol

• opinion

• fact

• genre

A personal idea, feeling, or perspective that cannot be proven.

• symbol

• main idea

• fact

• opinion

Information that can be proven

• fact

• context clues

• opinion

• drama

Words, sentences, or situations that surround a word, sentence, or passage and make clear its meaning

• context clues

• simile

• fact

• mood

The main idea or topic of a non-fiction piece of writing

• article

• short story

• central idea

• stanza

Two contradictory or opposite words are used together for effect

(Ex: jumbo shrimp, frozen hot chocolate, organized chaos)

• idiom

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration