Analyze This | Once Upon a Time | What's Your Point | Symphony in Slang | Potpourri (Mixture) |
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What is a prefix?
A syllable added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word
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What is the setting?
Time and place of a story
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What is first-person P.O.V.?
The narrator uses I, Me, My to tell a story
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What is simile?
"Love is like the wild-rose briar"
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What are roots and affixes?
What are context clues?
The reader uses these to help determine the definitions of words
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What is a suffix?
A syllable added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word
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What is direct characterization?
The author tells the reader directly what the character is like
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What is third-person omniscient P.O.V.?
The narrator is not a part of the story's action and knows everything about the characters and the story.
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What is personification?
"Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold" |
What is mood?
How the reader should feel reading a selection
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What are the brackets?
Where I would look for the origin or derivation of a word
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What is climax?
The highest point of action in a story
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What is third-person limited P.O.V?
The narrator is not a part of the story's action and knows everything about one character's view of the story.
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What is hyperbole?
"'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles."
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What is cause and effect?
"as a result of," "because," and "consequently," are signl words for this organizational pattern.
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What is figurative language?
Cannot be taken literally; it has to be "figured" out
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What is indirect characterization?
The author gives clues about the traits of a character
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What is second person P.O.V.
The narrator speaks to the reader inadvertently making him a part of the story.
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What is alliteration?
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,"
Not rhyme |
What is tone?
What is the author's point of view?
How the author or narrator feels about the subject of the selection
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What are reference materials?
Examples include: a dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, and website
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What is exposition?
The "beginning" of the plot- states the main characters, setting, and main conflict
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What is third-person objective P.O.V?
The narrator is not a part of the story and does not reveal any characters' thoughts or feelings.
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What is metaphor?
I sing as I go
Scattering emeralds The wind sings upon my lips **And pearls stream off my neck and forehand** I am bathed in a sweat of pearls |
What is an inference?
The reader takes details from the story and puts them with background knowledge T
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