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English 10 Examinable Terms Review
Match the terms below with their definitions further below by placing the appropriate term next to its definition.
alliteration
allusion*
antagonist
aside*
atmosphere
audience
ballad
bias*
blank verse
climax
colloquialism*
conflict
connotation*
denotation*
dialogue
dynamic character
falling action
first person POV
flashback
flat character
foil*
foreshadowing
free verse
genre*
hyperbole
imagery
irony
jargon*
limited omniscient POV (Point of View)
lyric*
metaphor
mood
narrator
objective POV
onomatopoeia
oxymoron*
paradox*
personification
propaganda*
protagonist
refrain*
resolution
rhyme
rhyme scheme
rhythm*
rising action
round character
satire*
setting
simile
sonnet
stanza
stereotype
suspense
symbolism*
theme
understatement*
1. the person or group for whom the author writes.
2. highest point of tension or turning point in a story; determines outcome of story
3. simple character does not change or develop
4. ex. character vs character, character vs self, character vs nature
5. an object that represents a more abstract idea (ex. dove for peace)
6. aka mood or tone in a story
7. 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
8. central or main character around whom the story revolves
9. deliberate exaggeration for emphasis (ex. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse)
10. unrhymed but has sing-songy rhythm of iambic pentameter
11. complex character who changes through course of story
12. the point in the story where the conflict is resolved
13. an unfair preference or dislike for someone or something
14. repetition of similar sounds or letters at beginning of words (Alex the alligator ate apples)
15. song or poem that tells a story
16. emotional meaning associated with a word (ex. slim vs skinny; scrawny vs. lithe)
17. lines repeated through a poem or music, often the chorus
18. style of writing that pokes fun at a person, topic, or human quality
19. speech between at least two characters in a story; includes quotation marks
20. statement that lessens the importance of what is meant (ex. soup = scalding; you describe as warm)
21. universal main idea or message of story or poem
22. uses like, as, or than to make comparison between two things
23. method to build suspense by providing clues of later events in a story
24. a character used to contrast another character (ex. the ugly stepsisters to Cinderella)
25. feeling evoked by writer’s word choice or emotional effect of passage
26. descriptive words or phrases which appeal to the five senses
27. feeling of curiosity or expectation about events to follow or the outcome in a story
28. character or force that opposes protagonist (ex. Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker)
29. dictionary definition of word; no emotional association to word
30. figurative language where human characteristics are given to non-human things
31. deals with effects of climax as the story moves toward the resolution
32. familiar but brief reference to something in a poem or short story
33. informal way of expressing oneself (ex. Hi ya instead of the more formal hello)
34. specialized language used by a specific profession or group (ex. doctors, computer experts)
35. POV where story told from one character’s perspective; uses ‘I, me, we’ personal pronouns
36. POV told as an onlooker where audience learns everything
37. POV told as an onlooker where audience knows only selected information
38. poem without a clear rhyme or pattern
39. statement that is seemingly contradictory but actually speaks the truth (ex. History
teaches us that we learn nothing from history.)
40. figurative language where word imitates the sound the word describes
41. like a round character who changes through course of story
42. repetition of similar sounds at end of two or more lines of poetry
43. character with traits from an immediately identifiable group (ex. evil stepmother, smart geek)
44. events which establish character and conflict before the climax of a story
45. the consistent beat/metre of a poem
46. where a character addresses the audience rather than another character
47. a “paragraph” of a poem
48. ideas spread to promote a person or group’s opinion; often misleading or biased
49. information presented through dream, memory, etc. that occurred before story begins
50. poem that focuses on creating a mood or recalling a feeling
51. time and place of a story
52. pattern of rhymed words at the end of poetic lines within a stanza
53. “type” or “kind” of written work (ex. mystery, adventure, fantasy)
54. the difference between what is said and what is meant; sarcasm is a type of_______
55. comparison of things not using like or as or than
56. a character within a story who tells the story; not to be confused with the author
57. contradictory terms placed together for effect; ex. Little giant; colossal ant
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