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9GR TKAM Test part 1
To kill a mocking bird part 1 LIT TERMS test 9th grade Mrs.Blain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Direct characterization | writer makes a direct statement about the character's looks or personalty |
| Indirect characterization | writer reveals something though a character's: thoughts, feelings, words, actions, and how other characters react to them |
| Stated theme | Theme is told directly to reader by character in story or narrator |
| Implied theme | Theme is revealed through the actions, thoughts, and feelings or the characters |
| First Person | character in story tells the story |
| 3rd person limited | narrator outside story gives thoughts and feelings of one character |
| 3rd person objective | narrator outside story give thoughts and feelings of no characters |
| Omniscient | narrator outside story gives all thoughts and feeling of all characters |
| Extended Metaphor | comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout series of sentences in a story |
| Motif | recurrent image, idea, or theme used throughout the story |
| Parallel Plots | characters in story might start out together and separate to follow their own paths or they might not connect until end |
| Simile | figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to directly compare two unlike things |
| Diction | authors choice of words, taking into account correctness, clearness and effectiveness |
| 4 types of diction | formal, informal, colloquial, slang |
| Formal Diction | impersonal and elevated use of language |
| Informal Diction | language that is correct but conversational |
| Colloquial Diction | refers to a way things are said in a local area that might be different |
| Slang Diction | Type of speech that is characterized by humor, exaggeration or shortened words |
| Symbol/symbolism | The use of symbols to give meaning or represent something that is abstract by using a symbol that is concrete |