Q1 Common Assessment: Academic Vocab Review

Example: "You're cold as ice/ You're willing to sacrifice our love"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Example: Taji is shown to be hypocritical through her speech, as she tells Marjane to forgive others but then wishes harm on them herself.

• Characterization

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

Example: The memoir Persepolis teaches the reader that freedom often comes at a price.

• Theme

• Character Development

• Plot Twist

• Setting

Example: "You walk down a corridor and can smell the musty carpeting."

What type of narration is being used in this example?

• First person narration

• Third person narration

• Second person narration

• Omniscient narration

Example: "Little did I know/That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles/and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet'

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Personification

When this point of view is used, the narrator tells the story of other people and uses pronouns like "he" and "she" to discuss main characters.

• First person narration

• Second person narration

• Third person narration

• Fourth person narration

This type of conflict occurs inside of a character (they have to make a hard decision or deal with their own emotions).

• External conflict

• Internal conflict

• Social conflict

• Physical conflict

The way that an author makes characters seem real by describing them and giving them personalities.

• Characterization

• Personification

• Narration

• Dialogue

Example: "He wipes the sweat from his eyes as he looks across the field."

• First person narration

• Second person narration

• Third person narration

• Fourth person narration

The message or lesson that a reader can take away from a story.

• Theme

• Plot

• Character

• Setting