Literary Terms
The "turning point" in a story
What is climax.
This is a story that uses the pronoun of "I".
What is first-person.
What piece of figurative language is on display? I am so hungry, I could eat an elephant!
What is hyperbole.
In The Scarlet Ibis, nature becomes a reflection of what?
What is character.
When dealing with unknown words in a text, the reader should refer to these to aid in comprehension.
What is context clues.
This is when the author tells the reader about a character.
What is direct characterization.
This is the POV that is used in a recipe or instructions.
What is second-person (you).
What piece of figurative language is on display? Her laughter sounded like bells.
What is a simile.
In The Scarlet Ibis, this character trait plays a dual role in the protagonist's childhood, and, eventually leads to Doodle's death.
What is pride.
True/False: When you are finishing answer all questions, you should go back and change many of your answers.
What is false.
This is a representation of something else or an abstract concept.
What is a symbol.
This is when the reader is only given the perspective of one character.
When what the speaker says is intended to mean something different.
What is verbal irony.
In Macbeth, this type of language is used to persuade and manipulate other characters.
What is rhetoric.
Name one of the text types that you will encounter on the English II EOC.
What are short story, informational text, poem, historical document, historical speech.
This is when a symbol repeatedly shows up in a text.
What is a motif.
This is when the reader knows the perspectives, feelings, and motivations of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient.
What piece of figurative language is on display? Alone along a lonesome lake, Lucy longed for the love of her life"
What is alliteration.
In Animal Farm, this is used to manipulate and control the other animals.
What is fear (unwarranted extrapolation), lack of education, manipulation of language.
Name one of the elements of the R.A.C.E.E. method.
What are restatement, answering, citing, explaining, and ending.
This is when something a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is a paradox
This is the POV used in the novel, Animal Farm.
What is third-person omniscient.
What piece of figurative language is on display? BAM! POW! CRASH!
What is onomatopoeia.
In the poem, The Sound of Silence, the speaker is dealing with what type of conflict?
You will be required to answer how many constructed responses on the English II EOC.
What is four.