Fiction
Definitions
Phrases and Clauses
Terms
Fiction, Part 2
100

The story suggests that the narrator and Faith are:

husband and wife

100

His acceptance speech was so SEDATE I almost fell asleep.

SEDATE in this sentence means...

Quiet or rather dull

100

Jeff gave away all his baseball cards under orders from his wife.

independent clause

100

 a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison without "like" or "as"

metaphor

100
  • The description in Paragraph 5 is an example of:

characterization

200

Faith's dialogue suggests that she doesn't want to Goodman Brown to leave because:

She has a bad feeling about his journey

200

The meaning of the Latin root "sed"

Settle

200

Because he was of Spanish decent, Ricardo wanted to visit Spain to reconnect with his family.

dependent clause

200

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid, using "like"or "as"

simile

200
  • In paragraph 3 the narrator describes Goodman Brown's companion as “he of the serpent”.  This biblical reference is an example of an:

Allusion

300

The way the characters speak suggest the story is set:

in colonial America

300

She looked at the sediment on the bottom of her jar.


Sediment means...

Materials that settle at the bottom
300
  • Sarah went to the store before she went home.

dependent clause

300

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

symbolism

300
  • The word Covenant as used in paragraph 3 suggests that Goodman Brown:

Had agreed to go into the forest

400

The imagery in paragraph 6 helps establish:

plot

400

The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, for example:

"...of the people, by the people, and for the people...."

Paralellism

400
  • In the Midwest there are large expanses of open land.

phrase

400

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

onomatopoeia

400

The word mirth as used in paragraph 8 suggests that Brown’s companion was:

Laughing

500
  • Paragraph 5 is an example of:

foreshadowing

500

Literary technique where the normal order of words is reversed for emphasis

Inversion

500
  • She put on her shoes, new and bright white, and headed home.

adjective phrase

500

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 

"the booming baby bird"

alliteration

500
  • From the descriptions in the above passage it can be assumed that Brown’s companion is:

The devil

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