Questions for the English 2 Mississippi State Test, specifically definitions
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| 1234156895 | active voice | a verb form that is emphatic and direct | 1 | |
| 1234156897 | afterword | a closing paragraph or section that comments on or summarizes a text; also called an epilogue | 2 | |
| 1234156900 | alliteration | the repetition of a beginning consonant sound within a line or sentence | 3 | |
| 1234156902 | almanac | a collection of statistical information about people, countries, and organizations | 4 | |
| 1234156904 | analogy | a comparison that emphasizes a similarity or relationship between two pairs of things | 5 | |
| 1234156906 | antagonist | the villain, or the person or thing standing in the way of the protagonist's success in a story | 6 | |
| 1234156908 | antecedent | a word to which a pronoun refers | 7 | |
| 1234156910 | anti-hero | a protagonist with moral values and personality traits that contradict commonly held ideas of heroism | 8 | |
| 1234156912 | antonym | a word that means the opposite or almost the opposite of another word | 9 | |
| 1234156913 | assonance | the repetition of a vowel sound within a line or sentence | 10 | |
| 1234156914 | audience | readers to whom a piece of writing is addressed | 11 | |
| 1234156915 | autobiography | a factual account of a person's life written by that person | 12 | |
| 1234156916 | awkward sentence | a sentence in which the words are arranged in a confusing way | 13 | |
| 1234156917 | bar graph | a visual organizer that uses vertical or horizontal bars to group and compare information | 14 | |
| 1234156918 | bibliography | a list of resources used to write an essay or article | 15 | |
| 1234156919 | biography | a factual account of a person's life written by another person | 16 | |
| 1234156920 | bulleted list | a graphic organizer that lists items preceded by bullets | 17 | |
| 1234156921 | capitalization | the proper use of uppercase letters | 18 | |
| 1234156922 | cause | a reason something happens | 19 | |
| 1234156923 | character | a person, animal, or other creature in a story | 20 | |
| 1234156924 | characterization | the process writers use to describe characters | 21 | |
| 1234156925 | chart | a visual organizer that conveys information through rows and columns | 22 | |
| 1234156926 | climax | the point at which the outcome of a story is decided and the plot takes a new direction | 23 | |
| 1234156927 | compare | to show how two or more things are the same | 24 | |
| 1234156928 | concluding sentence | a sentence that sums up the author's main points | 25 | |
| 1234156929 | conclusion | the overall opinion that you form after reading a passage | 26 | |
| 1234156930 | conflict | a problem in a story that the characters must overcome. conflict can be in the form of person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society, or person vs. nature | 27 | |
| 1234156931 | connotation | the emotion that a word carries apart from its dictionary meaning | 28 | |
| 1234156932 | contrast | to show how two or more things are different | 29 | |
| 1234156933 | dangling modifier | a modifying word, phrase, or clause that's not logically connected to a word in a sentence | 30 | |
| 1234156934 | denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word | 31 | |
| 1234156935 | diagram | information shown in pictorial detail with labels | 32 | |
| 1234156936 | drama | a fictional genre meant to be performed, in which the story is told through dialogue | 33 | |
| 1234156937 | editing | adding, cutting, or moving text around, as well as correcting errors in grammar, style, and sentence structure. | 34 | |
| 1234156938 | effect | a result of a cause | 35 | |
| 1234156939 | encyclopedia | a set of books that contain factual articles on many subjects, such as science, history, geography, and literature | 36 | |
| 1234156940 | expository essay | an informative presentation of a topic that contains a thesis statement and supporting details to back it up | 37 | |
| 1234156941 | expository writing | nonfiction writing that provides facts and information | 38 | |
| 1234156942 | extended metaphor | a metaphor that continues for more than one sentence | 39 | |
| 1234156943 | fable | a story that teaches a lesson or moral | 40 | |
| 1234156944 | fact | a statement that can be proved | 41 | |
| 1234156945 | fantasy | a story that contains imaginative characters, events, and magic | 42 | |
| 1234156946 | fiction | a piece of writing, made up by the author, that is not based on fact | 43 | |
| 1234156947 | figurative language | the use of words beyond their literal meaning | 44 | |
| 1234156948 | first-person point of view | a point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story | 45 | |
| 1234156949 | flat character | an undeveloped character | 46 | |
| 1234156950 | footnote | a brief note, keyed by number to a subject on a page, that provides additional information | 47 | |
| 1234156951 | formal writing | writing that uses a professional or reserved tone, syntax, and vocabulary | 48 | |
| 1234156952 | future tense | a verb tense that tells about an action that has not yet happened | 49 | |
| 1234156953 | genre | a type of writing characterized by specific elements | 50 | |
| 1234156954 | glossary | an alphabetical list of important terms and their definitions within a book | 51 | |
| 1234156955 | graphic organizer | a web, flowchart, or other visual element that is helpful in the planning of an essay | 52 | |
| 1234156956 | graphics | information conveyed visually, such as a chart or graph | 53 | |
| 1234156957 | heading | a short title before a section of a text that tells the reader the topic of that section | 54 | |
| 1234156958 | hyperbole | an exaggeration used for effect | 55 | |
| 1234156959 | idiom | an expression that means something different from its literal meaning | 56 | |
| 1234156960 | index | an alphabetical list of subjects in a book and the page numbers where they can be found | 57 | |
| 1234156961 | inference | a conclusion drawn by a reader based solely on the information and evidence provided in the passage | 58 | |
| 1234156962 | informal writing | writing that uses a colloquial or conversational vocabulary and tone, and is often characterized by shorter, less complex sentences | 59 | |
| 1234156963 | irony | an intentional gap between what is expected and what actually happens; a surprising turn of events | 60 | |
| 1234156964 | juxtaposition for emphasis | the placement of related ideas in a sentence to create a specific balance | 61 | |
| 1234156965 | main idea | what a passage is mostly about | 62 | |
| 1234156966 | metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as | 63 | |
| 1234156967 | misplaced modifier | a word, phrase, or clause that is not in the correct place in relation to what it modifies | 64 | |
| 1234156968 | modifier | a word or phrase that gives more information about other words in a sentence | 65 | |
| 1234156969 | myth | a fictional genre that explains something about the world and typically involves supernatural or immortal characters | 66 | |
| 1234156970 | narrative writing | descriptive writing that tells a story | 67 | |
| 1234156971 | nonfiction | factual writing about real persons, places, things, or ideas | 68 | |
| 1234156972 | novel | a long work of fiction, usually involving major and minor characters, as well as main plots and subplots | 69 | |
| 1234156973 | numbered list | a graphic organizer that lists information with numbers | 70 | |
| 1234156974 | onomatopoeia | the use of a word that sounds like what it describes, such as plop or buzz | 71 | |
| 1234156975 | opening sentence | the sentence in a paragraph that tells the audience what is going to be discussed | 72 | |
| 1234156976 | opinion | a personal belief that may not be shared by others; an opinion cannot be proved | 73 | |
| 1234156977 | order of importance | a text structure in which information is presented from most important to least important | 74 | |
| 1234156978 | outline | a planning tool for a paper that organizes the ideas into a list of numbered and lettered items | 75 | |
| 1234156979 | oxymoron | contradictory terms used together | 76 | |
| 1234156980 | paradox | a contradictory statement that is somehow truthful | 77 | |
| 1234156981 | parallel structure | the use of the same phrasing in a pair of series of words or clauses that are equally important | 78 | |
| 1234156982 | paraphrase | to use one's own words to summarize | 79 | |
| 1234156983 | passive voice | a verb form that focuses on what something is rather than what something does | 80 | |
| 1234156984 | past tense | a verb tense that tells about an action that has already happened | 81 | |
| 1234156985 | periodical | a magazine or other journal that is published at regular intervals | 82 | |
| 1234156986 | personification | a technique in which an author gives human qualities to nonhuman things | 83 | |
| 1234156987 | plot | the series of events in a story | 84 | |
| 1234156988 | poetry | a genre of writing, separated into lines and stanzas, in which an author uses figurative language and stylistic devices to create meaning and evoke emotion in the reader | 85 | |
| 1234156989 | point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told | 86 | |
| 1234156990 | position paper | an essay that clearly states the writer's stance on a topic and provides facts and examples to back it up | 87 | |
| 1234156991 | prediction | an educated guess about what will happen in the future, based on prior clues | 88 | |
| 1234156992 | present tense | a verb tense that tells about an action that is happening now | 89 | |
| 1234156993 | problem and solution | a text structure that sets out a problem and then tells how the problem is resolved | 90 | |
| 1234156994 | pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun | 91 | |
| 1234156995 | pronoun-antecedent agreement | when a pronoun and antecedent match in number, gender, and person | 92 | |
| 1234156996 | protagonist | a character that must resolve a conflict and who sometimes undergoes a change; usually the main character | 93 | |
| 1234156997 | punctuation | the system of marks used in writing to separate elements and make the meaning clear | 94 | |
| 1234156998 | purpose | the reason an author write, such as to inform, to entertain, or to persuade | 95 | |
| 1234156999 | resolution | how a story's conflict is resolved | 96 | |
| 1234157000 | resource | a book, magazine, newspaper, website, or other source that an author uses to gather information | 97 | |
| 1234157001 | response to literature | an essay in which the writer interprets a piece of literature or a thematic idea about life, such as a famous quote | 98 | |
| 1234157002 | revising | evaluating and changing a text to improve the content | 99 | |
| 1234157003 | rhyme | the repetition of an identical or similar end-sound or sounds | 100 | |
| 1234157004 | rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhymes in poetry, such as abab | 101 | |
| 1234157005 | rising action | the series of actions that characters take to overcome the conflict | 102 | |
| 1234157006 | round character | a fully-developed character | 103 | |
| 1234157007 | run-on sentence | when two sentences run together without a connecting word or proper punctuation | 104 | |
| 1234157008 | second-person point of view | a point of view in which the writer addresses the reader directly and uses the pronoun you | 105 | |
| 1234157009 | sentence fragment | a sentence that lacks a subject, verb, or complete thought | 106 | |
| 1234157010 | setting | where and when a story takes place | 107 | |
| 1234157011 | sequence | the order in which things happen | 108 | |
| 1234157012 | short story | a short work of fiction, usually meant to be read in one sitting, that has one plot and a limited number of characters | 109 | |
| 1234157013 | sidebar | a paragraph or two, separate from the main text, that extends an idea in the text with additional information. A sidebar can be accompanied by a map, diagram, or other graphic | 110 | |
| 1234157014 | simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 111 | |
| 1234157015 | stylistic devices | descriptive phrases and wording used to evoke a response from the reader | 112 | |
| 1234157016 | subheading | a minor heading below a main heading; breaks down a text into smaller sections | 113 | |
| 1234157017 | subject | a noun or pronoun in a sentence that performs the action | 114 | |
| 1234157018 | subject-verb agreement | the matching of subject and verb in number | 115 | |
| 1234157019 | summary | a brief description of a story of event using your own words; identifies the main idea and uses the most important details | 116 | |
| 1234157020 | supporting detail | facts, examples or description that help explain the main idea | 117 | |
| 1234157021 | supporting sentences | sentences that support and give proof of the ideas in the thesis statement | 118 | |
| 1234157022 | symbolism | the use of an object to represent and idea | 119 | |
| 1234157023 | synonym | a word that means the same or almost the same as another word | 120 | |
| 1234157024 | table of contents | a list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where they can be found | 121 | |
| 1234157025 | tense | a form of a verb that indicates the time when an action occurred | 122 | |
| 1234157026 | text feature | an organizational part of a text, such as a heading, graphic, or table of contents | 123 | |
| 1234157027 | text structure | an organizational pattern used to present information in a story or article | 124 | |
| 1234157028 | theme | the underlying moral or message of a story | 125 | |
| 1234157029 | thesis statement | the expression of the author's main point or argument in one sentence | 126 | |
| 1234157030 | third-person point of view | a point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story | 127 | |
| 1234157031 | transition | a word or phrase that links sentences and shows the relationship between ideas in sentence; in longer passages, links ideas and creates a natural flow between paragraphs | 128 | |
| 1234157032 | verb | a word in a sentence that shows action or describes a state of being | 129 | |
| 1234157033 | word choice | the words an author uses when he or she writes | 130 |
