Testing Terms 1
To speak to
To address
Individual in the story
Character
Person writing the article, poem, passage, or text
Author
The problem-can be internal or external
Conflict
Author's attitude towards the subject of the work
Tone
Express
Making one's thoughts or feelings known to readers and listeners
Type of literary work (fiction, poetry, drama, fantasy, etc.)
Genre
To make known
Reveal
Time and place of the story
Setting
The one telling the story
Narrator
Persuade
Use of exaggeration
Hyperbole
Significant
Important, worthy of a closer look
Indirect comparison of two unlike things using "as"
e.g. My dad was as grumpy as a bear."
Simile
To bring to a close or an end
Conclude
Entertain
Holding one's attention by being amusing, funny, or interesting
Giving human qualities to something not human
Personification
To use evidence to back up a point you or the author are trying to make
Support a claim
Main character
Protagonist
A small part of a larger piece
Excerpt
Chronological
Buzz, sweep, zip, pop, etc.-Words sound like what they mean
Onomatopoeia
Central Idea
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
Alliteration
Gives poetry a musical quality, pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhythm