Semester Exam - English 9

Purposefully repeating a word or phrase for emphasis or effect

• conflict

• suspense

• repetition

• figurative language

A clever or humorous play on words

• allusion

• pun

• oxymoron

• metaphor

Giving human traits to something that is not human

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• personification

 Problems that take place within a story. It can be internal or external.

• conflict

• flashback

• motivation

• tension

A character that does not undergo any significant changes within a story. Also known as a flat character.

• Static character

• Dynamic Character

• Characterization

• Epic Hero

 An uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don’t know what is going to happen next.

• Tension

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Flashback

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or text

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Simile

• Pun

Replacing a sound with a word, such as “bam, woosh, buzz, or roar”

• Repetition

• Epithet

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

The main character of a story and usually considered the “good guy” or the hero.

• Epic Hero

• Antagonist

• Dynamic Character

• Protagonist

Renaming a person or thing with a descriptive phrase.

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Epithet

• Metaphor