English 10 Semester Exam Study guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A group of lines in a poem
Rhyme Scheme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A regular pattern of rhyming words in a
poem
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an idea or feeling that a word invokes in
addition to its literal or primary meaning
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The literal meaning of a word
Direct Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Author directly describing a
character
Indirect Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Author subtly reveals the
character through actions and interactions
Author's Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The reason the author has for writing
(Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
Allusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A reference in a literary work to a person,
place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Symbolism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A device in literature where an object
represents an idea
Plot Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution
Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A need or desire that energizes and directs
behavior
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A figure of speech in which a word or phrase
is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A comparison using "like" or "as"
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A figure of speech in which an object or
animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A group of lines in a poem
Rhyme Scheme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A regular pattern of rhyming words in a
poem
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an idea or feeling that a word invokes in
addition to its literal or primary meaning
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The literal meaning of a word
Direct Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Author directly describing a
character
Indirect Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Author subtly reveals the
character through actions and interactions
Author's Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The reason the author has for writing
(Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
Allusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A reference in a literary work to a person,
place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Symbolism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A device in literature where an object
represents an idea
Plot Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution
Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A need or desire that energizes and directs
behavior
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A figure of speech in which a word or phrase
is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A comparison using "like" or "as"
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A figure of speech in which an object or
animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
