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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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