English 2 Pre-AP Final Exam Review

A symbol, usually an image, which recurs often enough in literature to be recognizable as an element of one's literary experience as a whole.

A character in literature that is drawn by some stereotype which is instantly recognizable.

A character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

<p>A leading character or main character who is the hero or heroine of a drama or other literary work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An image or idea of a particular type of person or thing, often based on generalizations about race, nationality, or sexual orientation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, usually in a play.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, where a speaker addresses a silent listener.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service based on a passage from the Bible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Background information regarding the setting, characters, and plot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Worshipping or believing in more than one god.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Giving non-human objects human characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contrasting seemingly unalike things to enhance the meaning of a situation or theme without using 'like' or 'as'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A complete exaggeration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A punctuation mark (') used to indicate either possession.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contrasting seemingly unalike things to enhance the meaning of a situation or theme using 'like' or 'as'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Describing something as being smaller or less good or important than it actually is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The repetition of consonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.</p> Signup and view all the answers