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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 |
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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 |