English 9 Final Exam Vocabulary

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words.

A reference to a well-known literary work or public icon.

A character who opposes the protagonist in a story.

A form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

The creation of a fictional individual through a description of their appearance, speech, thoughts, and behavior.

The highest point in the plot of a story.

The problem in a story.

The emotional association with a word.

A repetition of consonant sounds that don't have to appear at the beginning of a word.

The literal meaning of a word.

The set of events after the climax in a plot.

When two or more characters are engaged in a conversation.

A character that changes as a result of the events of the story.

A metaphor which is developed throughout an entire poem or section of prose.

The events that happen after the climax of a story.

The point of view characterized by the use of the pronoun "I".

When an event of the past is inserted into the current action.

A one dimensional character.

A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of the main character's personality.

Hints about events that are about to come.

Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Self, and Man vs Society.

A poem with no regular rhythm or rhyme.

The writing style of a composition.

A vastly over the top exaggeration.

The set of mental pictures found in the reader's mind through the use of descriptive language.

The notion of something other than what was expected.

The point of view when a story is told in the third person, revealing one character's thoughts, feelings, and actions.

A short personal poem that expresses feelings and thoughts, but does not tell a story.

A comparison that does not use like or as.

The overall emotional quality created by a piece of literature.

The pattern of rhythm.

An essay that tells a story.

The teller of a story.

The point of view where the narrative voice is all-seeing and all-knowing.

A phrase that has an inherent contradiction in it.

The events in a narrative.

Attributes human characteristics to inanimate things.

A character that has multiple sides to their personality. These characters are well developed and complex.

The repetition of similar sounds in words.

The beat of a line of poetry or prose.

The events that build the suspense leading to the climax of a story.

The time and place of a narrative.

Images that represent something else.

A literary device where an object or a person represents an idea.

A comparison using like or as.

14 line poems that have a specific meter and rhyme scheme.

A group of lines in a poem.

A character that does not change throughout the story.

The way that a writer puts together the words that they choose.

An insight into the topic being presented in the work.

The point of view that does not use the pronouns "I" or "You". This is the voice of a character that stands outside of the events of the narrative.

The emotional attitude toward a subject conveyed by the writer's word choice and can be objective (Unbiased and unemotional) or subjective (Personal experience and opinions are expressed).