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Point of View The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc. 1st = “I” and “We” 2nd = “You” 3rd = “He” “She” “It” “They” Etc…

Tone An attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience in a work which is communicated by the words the author chooses.

Repetition In rhetoric, repeating words, lines, or a piece of a line for effect.

Denouement The final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama, short story, or novel.

Free verse Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.

Symbolism Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

Theme The underlying message, or 'big idea‘ of a story. In other words, the critical belief about life an author is trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem.

Alliteration Repetition of initial (first) sounds in a series of words

Speaker The "voice" which seems to be telling a poem, short story, or novel. Not always the same as the author.

Couplet Two consecutive rhyming lines in poetry.

Antithesis Positioning one term (or image) against another for emphasis; pointing out opposites (sometimes extremes) to make a point (sometimes using “not X, but Y” structure)

Assonance Repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.

Audience The person(s) reading a text, listening to a speaker, or observing a performance.

Anadiplosis The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause at the beginning of a subsequent clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.

Metaphor An indirect comparison between two unlike things

Exposition The beginning of a narrative in which plot, characters, setting, etc are introduced.

Pattern of Three Often used in rhetoric for rhythmic purposes; listing three components within a line, a paragraph, or a larger unit.

Simile A figure of speech in which two distinct things are compared by usin g  “like” or “as.”

Allusion A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.

Climax The highest or most intense point in the development of a story.

Personification Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

Falling Action The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been rea ched and the conflict has begun to be resolved.

Onomatopoeia A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Blank verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in the language (for middle and upper classes) in Shakespearean plays.

Rising Action A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

Anaphora Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of a line, usually for emphasis.

Analogy A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them in a manner more drawn out than simple metaphors, symbolism, or simile.

Grammar and Usage Correct the following for two points each.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: Because Chad had forgotten to tie his shorts tight before getting on the slide.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: The girls went to there car before entering the museum.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: Ben is the player whom has the most skill.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: Molly is a fantastic skater, Jason is a complete poser.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: The lion licked it’s paw before further pursuing the wounded impala.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: The young kittens green eyes revealed its acute perspective on a fresh life.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: After rotting in the cellar for weeks, my brother brought up some oranges.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: “Your absolutely right,” she exclaimed, grabbing his arm tightly in a thankful embrace.

Usage Identify the error in the following sentences: The painful guilt that he felt over his past actions effected him in ways that no one could console.