Literary Terms Flashcard

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What is a visual aid used to organize information?

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Graphic Organizer

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What is a Body Paragraph?

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A paragraph that supports the main idea with evidence and examples.

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What does an antagonist do in a story?

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Works against the protagonist.

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What is the term for words that imitate the sound they describe?

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Onomatopoeia

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What is the perspective from which the story is told?

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Point of View

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What is a thesis statement?

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A sentence that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.