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Unit 2 ELA test
11/13/23
Question | Answer |
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tone | how the author feels about what there writing |
exposition | the beginning of the story where the characters are introduced |
climax | the most exciting part of the story right before the falling action |
resolution | the end of the story where the conflict is resolved |
mood | how the author makes the reader feel while reading the story |
dominate | to control |
reluctant | hesitant or unwilling |
lyric poem | a poem that exposes personal emotions, |
summary | a brief description that explains what happened in the story |
memoir | small written part of someone's life |
main purpose | the reason the author wrote the selection |
action verb | ( we ran faster than the others) |
pass tense verb | ( we sang yesterday) |
pass perfect tense | ( they said they stood in lines for hours) |
future perfect tense | ( I will have studied for the test beforehand) |
present perfect tense | ( we have gone for a walk) |
suffix "dom" | state or condition of being |
suffix "able" | having the ability |
suffix "ist" | a person who dose, makes, or practices |
historical fiction | written material that contains an actual historical event |
conflict | the main problem in a story |
alliteration | the repetition of consonant letters in writing |
onomatopoeia | sound words |
couplet | a stanza with two lines |
quatrain | a stanza with four lines |
sestet | a stanza with six lines |
octave | a stanza with eight lines |
denotation | the literal meaning of a word |
connotation | feelings and associations having to do with a word |
inference | a conclusion drawn from information given |
irregular plural noun | nouns that do not become plural by adding es or s to them. |
non essential elements | parts of a sentence that are not necessary |
linking verb | ( they were gone) |