ELA final exam #2
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scarvel on June 4, 2010
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SRC Middle School Resource Room, SRC 7th Grade
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17 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 characterization | teh way a writer develops a character |
| personification | giving human qualities to something that is not human |
| simile | comparing two nouns with like or as, e.g. The sun is like a sparkling diamond. |
| metaphor | comparing two unrelated things, e.g. The sun is a sparkling diamond. |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| noun | a person, place, or thing |
| verb | it tells the subject's actions, events, or state of being |
| adjective | a word that describes a noun |
| epistle poem | a poem written in the form of a letter |
| free verse poem | a poem written without proper rules |
| sonnet | means "little song", usually written about love |
| epitaph poem | a poem written about death |
| haiku | a poem with one of 3 themes: nature, feelings, experiences; 3 lines: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables |
| list poem | a poem consists of an inventory (list) of things |
| stanza | a section in a poem that is similar to a paragraph |
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