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Semester exam
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24
English
10th Grade
12/14/2010

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Term
Allusion
Definition
An indirect reference.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of a consonant
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Analogy
Definition
A comparison between two things.
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Diction
Definition
The wor choice of the author.
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Speaker
Definition
The person talking.
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Point of view
Definition
The perspective from which a story is told.
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Personification
Definition
Figurative language that applies human qualities to objects, ideas, or animals.
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Metaphore
Definition
Figurative language that makes a comparison using like or as.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Figurative language in which words sound like the things they name.
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Line
Definition
Horizontal row of words, which may or may not form a complete sentence.
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Simile
Definition
Comparison using like or as.
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Stanza
Definition
A group of lines forming a unit.
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Figurative Language
Definition
Language used for descriptive effect.
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Setting
Definition
Time and place in which a story takes place.
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Plot
Definition
Series of events in a story.
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Theme
Definition
Central Idea.
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Characters
Definition
People in the story.
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Narrator
Definition
Person telling the story.
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Voice
Definition
Language that conveys authors personality to the readers.
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Ode
Definition
A lyric addressed to a certain thing.
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Prose
Definition
Avoids line breaks and uses sentence and paragraph forms instead.
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Free verse
Definition
Poetry without a fixed pattern of rhyme.
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Haiku
Definition
5-7-5 syllables
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Tanka
Definition
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
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