Exam Review: English

What is a theme?

It refers to the central, deeper meaning of written work.

Define Character Traits

A Word that describes a character's personality or qualities that make. them who they are.

Define Literary Devices

a term used for describing techniques, styles, and strategies an author uses to enhance their writing.

Motif

An object or idea the repeats itself throughout a literary work

Symbol

An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance – a flag to represent a country, a lion to represent courage, a wall to symbolize separation.

Foil Character

A character whose purpose is to draw attention to the quality of another character

Minor Character

A character that doesn’t show up very often/not important

Foreshadowing

Indicates or hints to readers that something is to follow or appear later in the story

Juxtaposition

Placing two entities side by side to create dramatic or ironic contrast

Alliteration

The repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a series

Simile

Figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as”

Metaphor

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non similar things

Hyperbole

A figure of speech in which the author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme

Personification

A Figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings is spoken of as if it were human.

Allusion

A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.

Imagery

Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for the reader

Irony

it is a difference between the appearance and the reality. (when words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words/When a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated and expected.

Onomatopoeia

a word that sounds like what it refers to. The combination of letter sounds in the word imitate the natural sounds of that object or action.

Repetition

repeating of a word or phrase.

Anaphora

repeats the same phrase at the beginning of each line

Rhyme

Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it, are said to rhyme.

Define Tone

is the author’s attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the character.

How can Tone be shown

Tone can be shown by dialogue and descriptions.

Examples of Tones

Sad, Playful, Serious, Angry, Formal, Humorous

Define Mood

A story’s mood is the emotional response the author is targeting and is the feeling the reader gets from a story.

How can Moods be shown?

Moods can be shown by setting and atmosphere.

Examples of Moods

Cold, Gloomy, Painful, Lonely, Threatening, Peaceful, Welcoming