| A | B |
| Part One | Listening and 8 multiple chioce |
| Part Two | Two nonfiction pieces and 12 multiple choice |
| Part Three | Two pieces of fiction, five multiple choice, a controlling idea paragraph and a literary elements paragraph |
| Part Four | The Critical Lens Essay-use a literary element, agree or disagree |
| Inciting Action | Literary element that means beginning of the story |
| Conflict | struggle (conflict can sometimes be internal conflict if a character is struggling) |
| Resolution | Literary element that means end of the story |
| Setting | Literary element that means time, place of story |
| Theme | Literary element that means lesson of the story |
| Characterization | Literary element that means the way a character acts, looks... |
| First Person Point of View | Literary element that means the story is told from a character's point of view and uses II |
| Foreshadowing | Literary element that means hint of what's to come |
| Soliloquy | Literary element that means character talks to himself ot reveal thoughts |
| Irony | Literary element that means twisted fate, an event occurs the opposite of what is expected |
| Simile | Literary element that means comparison using like or as |
| Figurative Language/Metaphor | Literary element that means comparison without like or as |
| Foil Character | Literary element that means there are two characters who are opposite but reveal truth about each other |
| Alliteration | Literary element that means repetition of consonants |
| Symbol | Literary element that means an object that stands for deeper meaning or represents something else |
| Allusion | Literary element that means reference to a work of literature in another work of literature |
| Onomatopoeia | Literary element that means spelling represents the sound, swish, ring, boom |
| Imagery | Literary element that means the author appeals to the five senses to describe |
| Refrain | Literary element that means repetition in poetry |
| Stanza | Literary element that means paragraph in poetry |
| Paradox | Literary element that means two words that don't go together but reveal a truth (jumbo shrimp) |
| Free Verse | Poetry with no rules |
| Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme, but has iambic pentameter (rap sound to it, unstressed/stressed syllables) |
| hyperbole | Hyper exaggeration!!! I could eat a hundred cheeseburgers |
| "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." | When things seem bad, people realize greater truths |
| "Good people are good because they come to wisdom through failure" | A mistake could be the greatest lesson |
| "The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his conscience" | Courage comes with doing what is right. |