HiSET Reading G-T Exam Rated A+
Harlem Renaissance - ANSWER-A period in the early part of the 1900s when literuare,
art, music, and culture flourished in Harlem.
homonym - ANSWER-A word that sounds the same as another.
hyperbole - ANSWER-Figurative language that states that something is more extreme,
such as significantly larger or smaller, than it actually is.
imagery - ANSWER-Descriptive language that enables the reader to visualize a scene.
internal conflict - ANSWER-A conflict within a character.
irony - ANSWER-The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually
happens.
Literal - ANSWER-When actually happens as opposed to what symbolically happens.
metaphor - ANSWER-A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use the words
"like" or "as"
narrator - ANSWER-The teller of the story
nonfiction - ANSWER-A work of literature that describes something that atually
happened.
onomatopoeia - ANSWER-A word that is intended to mimtate a soundk such as "bang."
parable - ANSWER-A short story with a lesson or moral.
parody - ANSWER-A writing that is intended to imitate and mock something.
personification - ANSWER-Attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman
plot - ANSWER-The complete sequence of events in a story.
point of view - ANSWER-The author's perspective.
prose - ANSWER-Ordinary language.
protagonist - ANSWER-The hero of the story.
resolution - ANSWER-The part of the plot when the conflict is resolved.
Harlem Renaissance - ANSWER-A period in the early part of the 1900s when literuare,
art, music, and culture flourished in Harlem.
homonym - ANSWER-A word that sounds the same as another.
hyperbole - ANSWER-Figurative language that states that something is more extreme,
such as significantly larger or smaller, than it actually is.
imagery - ANSWER-Descriptive language that enables the reader to visualize a scene.
internal conflict - ANSWER-A conflict within a character.
irony - ANSWER-The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually
happens.
Literal - ANSWER-When actually happens as opposed to what symbolically happens.
metaphor - ANSWER-A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use the words
"like" or "as"
narrator - ANSWER-The teller of the story
nonfiction - ANSWER-A work of literature that describes something that atually
happened.
onomatopoeia - ANSWER-A word that is intended to mimtate a soundk such as "bang."
parable - ANSWER-A short story with a lesson or moral.
parody - ANSWER-A writing that is intended to imitate and mock something.
personification - ANSWER-Attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman
plot - ANSWER-The complete sequence of events in a story.
point of view - ANSWER-The author's perspective.
prose - ANSWER-Ordinary language.
protagonist - ANSWER-The hero of the story.
resolution - ANSWER-The part of the plot when the conflict is resolved.
