ELA KNOWLEDGE CHECK

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What is personification?

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Gives human qualities to things not human.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration.

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What is tone?

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The author's attitude toward the subject and the audience.

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What is setting?

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The time and place of the story.

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What is the difference between 'they're', 'their', and 'there'?

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'They're' is a contraction for 'they are', 'their' is a possessive pronoun, and 'there' refers to a place.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is theme in literature?

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The central idea or message in a work of literature.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events in a story.

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What is a character in literature?

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A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.