Reading 10th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
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Adjective does what?
describes a verb
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Comparison without using like or as?
Metaphor
When a writer creates and develops character personalities
Characterization
What is the character name who is played by Steve Carell in "The Office"?
Michael Scott
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person?
What can one catch that is not thrown?
A Cold
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Calling something to mind without mentioning it.
An indirect reference.
Allusion
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What is the message about life or human nature in a story?
Theme
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“It’s gonna be May” is a common misheard lyric from what band and song?
NSYNC
Its Gonna be Me
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The author's feelings in a piece of writing
Tone
What does sought mean?
I sought out a connection with someone new.
To look for/Seek
Giving an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive.
Personification?
The reason behind an author writing a piece of literature or prose
Author's purpose
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Dubbed the “Black Death,” what plague swept through Europe in the 1300s?
The bubonic plague
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The philosophy of existentialism assumes that life is what?
Meaningless
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Time travel is dangerous for what reason?
You might change the future
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Words used to describe a sound.
Onomatopoeia
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The most important concepts the writer wants readers to understand
Main ideas
This city is considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
Damascus
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Give five examples of Figurative Language
Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Idiom, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Oxymoron
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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
Adjective
What does Assimilate mean?
To take into the mind and thoroughly understand
What is a stanza?
Group of lines forming the basic, repeating unit in a poem
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The largest organ of the human body
Skin