Terminology Test

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setting

Back 1

the time, place and society in which the events of the novel take place

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theme

Back 2

the main idea

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plot

Back 3

the sequence of events in the storyline

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prose

Back 4

all language that is not poetry

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characters

Back 5

the fictional people in a play or narrative work

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point of view

Back 6

the way the author chooses to present the story to the reader

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simile

Back 7

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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metaphor

Back 8

a comparison between two unlike things where one said to be the other

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personification

Back 9

a comparison where an animal or object is given human qualities

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alliteration

Back 10

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line

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onomatopoeia

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words which sound like the noise they describe

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rhyme

Back 12

similar end sounds to words

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end-rhymes

Back 13

occur at the end of a line

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internal rhymes

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occur within a line of verse

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rhythm

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the pace at which a poem moves, the pattern of beats in the lines

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narrative verse

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poetry that tells a story

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ballad

Back 17

a poem or song which tells a story in simple, colloquial language

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sonnet

Back 18

a 14-lined poem of fixed form

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lyric

Back 19

a short poem in which the poet expresses personal feelings

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wings

Back 20

area behind curtains on either side of stage where actors wait

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prompt

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person in wings who cues actors on forgotten lines

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props (properties)

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small items carried on and offstage by actors

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set

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all the furnishings on the stage for a performance (excluding props)

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director

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the person who decides how the play is to be acted and is responsible for the performances and the actors

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soliloquy

Back 25

a speech given by a character alone on a stage that reveals her thoughts

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aside

Back 26

when a character onstage makes a comment intended for the audience and not other characters

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comedy

Back 27

a play which entertains the audience and which ends happily for the characters

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tragedy

Back 28

a play that traces the career and downfall of an individual

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formal

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sutuations where slang or colloquial terms would be inappropriate and where full sentences are used.

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informal

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casual situations where more relaxed language is used

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register

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the tone or level of a particular piece of language

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cliches

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overworked or stale expressions

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slang

Back 33

current, popular expressions

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jargon

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either confusing language or technical language relating to a profession or sport

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hyperbole

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exaggeration for effect

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common nouns

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nouns that represent one or all the members of a class

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proper nouns

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nouns that refer to a particular person or thing

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collective noun

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dscribes a group or collection of people or things

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abstract nouns

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something that cannot be touched, smelt, seen or felt

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pronouns

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words that take the place of a noun eg "it."

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personal pronoun

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I, you, etc

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reflexive pronouns

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myself, yourself, him/herself, itself, ourselves and themselves

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demonstrative nouns

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this, that, these, those

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adjectives

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describes a noun

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verbs

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an "action" word

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adverbs

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words that describe or give more information about a verb

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pronouns

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words that take the place of a noun in a sentence

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prepositions

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words which show the position one thing is in comparison to another

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conjunctions

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words that join parts of sentences tegether