Finals study guide

Question 1

Tone

Answer 1

musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

Question 2

Central idea

Answer 2

it is the most talked about or written about idea in the passage. It is the idea about which other details provide support

Question 3

Evidence

Answer 3

Supporting details are reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain a main idea

Question 4

Precise adjectives

Answer 4

adjectives that are exact and exactly describe the word

Question 5

dialogue

Answer 5

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Question 6

description

Answer 6

a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event

Question 7

setting

Answer 7

the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

Question 8

Direct Characterization

Answer 8

The writer makes direct statements about a character’s personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like

Question 9

Inference

Answer 9

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Question 10

Ironic

Answer 10

happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this

Question 11

Author’s perspective

Answer 11

how the author feels about the subject

Question 12

Idioms

Answer 12

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

Question 13

Infer

Answer 13

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

Question 14

Direct/Indirect Quotes

Answer 14

A direct quote (or direct quotation) is the exact words taken from an original source and used in a second piece of writing. An indirect quote (or indirect quotation) is the idea or fact taken from an outside source and used in a second piece of writing

Question 15

Assonance

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in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

Question 16

Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 17

Consonance

Answer 17

a combination of notes which are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Question 19

Slant Rhyme

Answer 19

a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds

Question 20

Simile

Answer 20

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 21

Attitude towards subject

Answer 21

his or her feelings about the subject he or she is writing about

Question 22

symbol

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a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

Question 23

Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 24

Repetition

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the action of repeating something that has already been said or written

Question 25

Alliterative language

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using alliterative when you speak

Question 26

Word order in sentences

Answer 26

the arrangement of words in a given linguistic structure

Question 27

Passive/Active

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active: the boy kicked the soccer ball; Passive: the soccer ball was kicked by the boy

Question 28

Prepositional phrases

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a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.

Question 29

Colon

Answer 29

a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.

Question 30

Appositive phrases

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a noun or phrase that renames or describes the noun to which it is next

Question 31

Semicolon

Answer 31

a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.