Elar midterm

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

Beginning of story where reader meets the characters, setting, and is introduced to the main conflict

Question 2

Raising Action

Answer 2

The stage of plot that develops the conflict

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

The highest point of tension and interest

Question 4

Falling action

Answer 4

The stage in plot where the story begins to close

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

The conflicts in the story are resolved

Question 6

Internal conflict

Answer 6

Man v.s self

Question 7

External conflict

Answer 7

A conflict between a character and an outside force (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs fate, man vs circumstances)

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Themes are universal, so they don’t mention character names or other story-specific things.

Question 9

Idiom

Answer 9

An expression that has a meaning different from what the individual terms mean on their own. (Ex: “It’s raining cats and dogs.

Question 10

metaphor

Answer 10

A comparison of two things that are unlike, but have some qualities in common. These phrases do NOT use “like” or “as.”
Ms. Rhodes’ classroom was Antarctica.)

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. (Ex: It was as cold as Antarctica in Ms. Rhodes’ classroom.)

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

A figure of speech where the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor.
boy was hungrier than a wolf

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

Visually descriptive language

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

When a word sounds like what it means. (Ex: sizzle, dropped, splash, drip, slippery)

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

Giving human qualities to something that’s non-living. (Ex: The branches danced in the wind.)

Question 16

Oxymoron

Answer 16

A figure of speech with contradicting terms. (Ex: Great Depression, pretty ugly, Walking Dead)

Question 17

Alliteration

Answer 17

Repetition of beginning sounds in neighboring words. (Ex: She slayed serpents with her silent source of strength.)

Question 18

1st person POV:

Answer 18

The narrator is the character in the story and use pronouns like “I”, “me”, and “my” in the narration.

Question 19

3rd person limited POV

Answer 19

The narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes, using pronouns like “he”, “she”, and “they” in the narration.

Question 20

3rd person omniscient POV

Answer 20

The narrator is all-knowing and sees into the minds of all the characters. The narrator relays multiple characters’ thoughts and feelings through pronouns like “he”, “she”, and “they” in the narration.

Question 21

3rd person objective

Answer 21

The narrator has no insight on how the charecter in the book is feeling

Question 22

Flashback

Answer 22

A scene set in a time earlier than the main story.

Question 23

Foreshadowing

Answer 23

A warning or indication of a future event.

Question 24

Suspense

Answer 24

A feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

Question 25

Inference

Answer 25

Using evidence from the text to come to a conclusion.

Question 26

Mood

Answer 26

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language all influence the mood of a story.

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

The tone of a story expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. Words such as angry, sad, and humorous can be used to describe different tones.

Question 28

Simple sentence

Answer 28

Contains on independent clause
Subject + verb

Question 29

Compound sentence

Answer 29

Contains 2 independent clauses
2 simple sentences
Connected using fanboys
Inde + fanboy + Inde

Question 30

Complex sentence

Answer 30

Contains one independent clause and one defendant clause. Connected using subordinating conjection

Question 31

Compound complex

Answer 31

2 independent and one dependant

Question 32

Incomplete sentence

Answer 32

A sentence that lacks a subjects and verb.
dependant sentence

Question 33

Run on

Answer 33

2 complete though but not properly connected or separated.
Can be fixed by adding fanboys or subordinating conjunctions. Or can be easily broken down into 2 differnt sentences

Question 34

1) compound sentence

Answer 34

Use a comma to sonnet in dependant clauses. BEFORE fanboys

Question 35

2) Introductory phrase

Answer 35

Use comma to seperate transitions or introductory phrases

Question 36

3) adjectives

Answer 36

use comma to seperate 2 or more adjectives

Question 37

4) lists

Answer 37

Use comma to seperate items in a list

Question 38

5) Appostiive

Answer 38

Use comma to set apart a noun and phrase

Question 39

6) quoted language

Answer 39

Use comma to punctuate dialogue

Question 40

7) complex’s sentence

Answer 40

Use comma at the end of a dependant clause

Question 41

8) day/year/city/state

Answer 41

….

Question 42

9) direct

Answer 42

Use comma when directly speaking to someone