Lesson on Literary Devices

Lesson on Literary Devices

Figurative Language, sound devices, etc.

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A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it

• Foil
• Metonymy
• Hyperbole
• Imagery

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Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure

• Antihuman
• Antithesis
• Comedy
• Tone

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Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual 

• Tall tale
• Comedy
• Anecdote
• Foil

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A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change

• Symbolism
• Hyperbole
• Satire
• Comedy

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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole

• Satire
• Synecdoche
• Metonymy
• Foil

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The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work

• Theme
• Conceit
• Anaphora
• Satire

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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

• Tone
• Foil
• Personification
• Imagery

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The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality

• Vernacular
• Tone
• Epithet
• Antithesis

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

• Foil
• Hyperbole
• Anaphora
• Satire

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Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture

• Chiasmus
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Allusion

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A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

• Allegory
• Anecdote
• Satire
• Tone

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Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.

• pictures

• height

• diction

• funny faces

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Why is the setting important in a story?

• It tells us the end.

• It tells us about the conflict.

• It creates the mood

• Its not important

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A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm

• Repitition
• Repetion
• Repetition
• Repiteteion

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A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

• Imagery
• Image
• Imagination
• Imagerie

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What poetic device is used in this picture?

• Repetition

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

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"The stairs groaned in agony as Phillip carried the heavy boxes." is an example of a ___________________.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

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"It's late; let's call it a day" most likely means.....

• Enjoys something

• To forget something

• Quit or stop something

• Try something new

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Use of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses in order to describe something is what?

• metaphors
• allusion
• imagery
• foreshadowing

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Which point of view uses pronouns such as "I" and "me"?

• Second person
• Third person limited
• Third person omniscient
• First person

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Which point of view uses pronouns such as "I" and "me"?

• Second person
• Third person limited
• Third person omniscient
• First person

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When a character is in conflict with themselves and a decision they need to make.

• Internal Conflict
• External Conflict
• Person vs. Person
• Person vs. Society

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When a character is in conflict with an animal or other force of nature.

• Person vs. Person
• Person vs. Themselves
• Person vs. Nature
• Person vs. Society

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When a character is in conflict with a societal norm or expectation.

• Person vs. Themselves
• Person vs. Society
• Internal Conflict
• Person vs. Nature

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When an object or person is used to represent a bigger idea.

• Symbolism
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Theme

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The fog crept in on little feet.

• personification
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• proverb

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I will walk to the west wall when Walter whistles.  

• stanza
• alliteration
• simile
• idiom

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Beauty is only skin deep.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• proverb

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The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods.  The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life.  On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor

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Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.

• simile
• metaphor

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Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile
• metaphor

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"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs  for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.

• "he took the box of matches"
• "the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage..."
• "he stood motionless"
• "at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible"

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"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs  for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sight.

• "squeaky mouse scurried noisily"
• "At the foot of the stairs, the match went out,"
• "clicking of the clock"
• "striking one"

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"It is unbelievable to know how many parents leave their children for their own selfish desires."  The tone of this author towards parents can be described as...

• Excited
• Disappointed
• Glad
• Joyful

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How do you think you did on the review? Do you know your literary terms?

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Denotation means __________ however, connotation means _____________.

• The feeling associated with a word / the person telling the story.

• An object that represents a larger concept / the way a person speaks.

• The dictionary definition of the word / the feelings associated with a word.

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The plot of a story is:

• the emotion or tone of the story

• how the story is told

• the events of the story

• who is telling the story

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A symbol is defined as:

• the main point or lesson

• an instrument played in a band

• an object that represents a larger concept

• a huge exaggeration

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The theme of a story is the ______________.

• Main point or lesson

• Message or idea

• Underlying meaning

• All of the above

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Conflict is defined as:

• jumping backward on the timeline of events in the story

• a reference to another story

• the problem in the story

• all of the combined events of the story

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Characterization is:

• the clear, descriptive traits of a character

• a reference to another story

• a generalization about a group of people

• where and when the story takes place

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Stereotype is:

• the character opposing our main character

• a huge exaggeration

• a generalization about a group of people

• opposite characters

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Irony is:

• giving human traits to non-human objects

• the clear, descriptive traits of a character

• the problem in a story

• when the reader is led to believe one thing will happen, but the opposite occurs instead

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Imagery is defined as:

• when and where the story takes place

• a detailed description that appeals to the senses and puts a picture in the reader's mind

• an object that represents something else

• when the reader is led to believe one thing will happen, but the opposite occurs instead

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True or False: Dialect is when two characters are having a conversation and dialogue is how a character talks (like an accent).

• True

• False

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True or False: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds whereas assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds?

• True

• False

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The setting of a story is defined as:

• where and when the story takes place

• description in a story that creates a clear picture in your mind and appeals to the senses

• the feeling associated with a word

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An onomatopoeia is:

• a reference to a different story

• giving human traits a non-human object

• the main point or lesson of a story

• a word that sounds like what it means

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True or False: Personification is defined as giving non-human objects human traits.

• False

• True

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A metaphor in a story is a direct comparison _____________________, whereas a simile is a comparison _________________.

• using "like" or "as" / that gives objects human traits

• described in a story / that appeals to the senses

• between two unrelated things / using "like" or "as"

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The protagonist in the story is ________ whereas the antagonist in the story is usually _________.

• The main point or lesson in the story / a huge exaggeration.

• The main character / person who opposes the main character.

• A huge exaggeration / the main character.

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A foil in a story is:

• a word that sounds like what it means

• similar characters

• something you wrap food in

• opposite characters

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A flashback is jumping ________ on the timeline of events in the story to a moment in the ________.

• forwards / future

• backwards / past

• towards / present

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The mood of a story is:

• the emotion or feeling associated with a story

• the clear, descriptive traits of a character

• the repetition of consonant sounds to create meaning

• a huge exaggeration

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An allusion is:

• a generalization about a group of people

• a reference to a different story

• the combined events of the story

• jumping back on the timeline to events of the past

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Suspense is defined as:

• a huge exaggeration

• the main point or lesson of a story

• the buildup to an unknown outcome in the story

• a reference to a work of the past

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True or False: Foreshadowing hints at events to come later in the story

• True

• False

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What literary device is shown in the lyric "you'll never grow up, no you're never gonna be a man, Peter Pan" (Bellerini)

• Simile

• Allusion

• Euphemism

• Personification

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What literary device is shown in the lyric: "hold me like I'm more than just a friend" (Adele).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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"Sit down, be humble, sit down, be humble, sit down, be humble" (Lamar).

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Repetition

• Personification

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What literary device is shown in the lyric: "when your soul embarks, then I'll follow you into the dark" (Death Cab For Cutie).

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• allusion

• juxtaposition

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Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "Those ocean eyes, your ocean eyes" (Eilish).

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

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What literary device is shown in the lyric: "let it be, whisper words of wisdom, let it be" (Beatles)

• simile

• hyperbole

• juxtaposition

• alliteration

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Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "Me and her go way back, like Cadillac seats. Body like a backroad, driving with my eyes closed.."

• Juxtaposition

• Simile

• Repetition

• Personification

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Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "A tornado flew around my room before you came excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn't rain.." (Ocean).

• simile

• alliteration

• repetition

• metaphor

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What literary device is shown in the lyric?: "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, and it's not warm when she's away" (Withers).

• Allusion

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "Seventeen and we got a dream to have a family, a house and everything in between. Suddenly, we turn Twenty-three, pressure for taking our life more seriously, We got our dead-end jobs and got bills to pay" (Blanco, Halsey, Khalid).

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

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Laughter is the music of the soul.

• metaphor

• simile

• oxymoron

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"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant!" is an example of a __________________.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

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What is the "mood" of  a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
• The time and place of the story.
• The summary of events of the story.
• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

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_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• mood
• tone

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Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue? 
Father: We are going to Disney World! 
Son: Yay!!!! 

• irritated
• annoyed
• uninterested
• ecstatic

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What is the tone of this image? 

• elated
• appreciative
• accusing
• conceited

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The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.

• mood
• tone

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What is the definition of tone?

• The way the author feels.

• The way the reader feels.

• The author's attitude.

• The reader's attitude.

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the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience

• mood
• tone
• diction
• syntax

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the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience

• mood
• tone
• diction
• syntax

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a central idea of a work, or the message a writer hopes to send to the reader

• mood
• theme
• syntax
• tone

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the emotional atmosphere a writer creates in his/her work

• mood
• allusion
• tone
• diction

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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing

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“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Irony

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Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Irony

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You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.

• Personification
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Irony

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The way the reader feels when reading a story.

• tone
• theme
• setting
• mood

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Fred ate five French fries on Friday.

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• cliche

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A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. 
He was a bear in the the goal.

• simlie
• paradox
• metaphor
• allusion

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An over-exaggeration. For example: I was standing in line forever.

• personification
• cliche
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• oxymoron

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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What literary device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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Define symbol

• Means what it says and something else
• Means exactly what it says
• Means the opposite of what it says
• Means both what it says and the opposite

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The definition of author's style is...

• a writer's unique way of communicating ideas using word choice, sentence structure, imagery, point of view, voice, and tone.
• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.
• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.
• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

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The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ________. 

• action
• conflict 
• setting
• plot 

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What is the definition of climax? 

• the turning point of the story
• the struggle between two characters
• the beginning of the story
• the point when the conflict is resolved

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What is the definition of summarizing?

• Restating what has happened in your own words

• Giving a brief update of what happened

• Telling what is going to happen later on

• Explaining what else is happening

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What is the definition of predicting?

• Giving a hint of what will happen later

• Referring to something that happened before

• Offering contrast to a point of view

• Guessing what will happen later

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What is the definition of inference?

• Referring to an event that happened earlier

• Preparing for something that will happen later on

• Reading between the lines

• Offering alternative suggestions to a character

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Which of the following is important for setting?

• Time and place

• People and place

• Time and people

• People, time, and place

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What is the definition of antagonist?

• The character the reader follows throughout the text

• The character that works against the main character

• The character that supports the main character

• The characters that are never fully developed

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What is the definition of protagonist?

• The character the reader follows throughout the text

• The character that works against the main character

• The character that supports the main character

• The characters that are never fully developed

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What is the definition of protagonist?

• The character the reader follows throughout the text

• The character that works against the main character

• The character that supports the main character

• The characters that are never fully developed

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What is the definition of flashback?

• Referring to an event that happened earlier

• Preparing for something that will happen later on

• Demonstrating visual imagery

• Offering alternative suggestions to a character

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What is the definition of foreshadow?

• Giving a hint of what will happen later

• Referring to something that happened before

• Offering contrast to a point of view

• Criticizing the way something is written

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What is the definition of exposition?

• An essay that convinces the audience to do something.

• A display of a product.

• The background or setup of a story.

• The value of the minor characters to the main character.

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Which of the following is not a kind of conflict?

• Character versus character

• Character versus self

• Character versus world

• Character versus motivation

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What is point of view?

• The most important character in the story.

• The most important theme in the story.

• The location of the story, both time and place.

• The kind of narrator of the story.

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Which question does the Author's Purpose answer?

• Who is the writer of this?

• Why did the writer write this?

• When was this piece important?

• How should you feel about this?

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What is the definition of context clues?

• Using words around a text to figure out a word.

• Creating a set of clues to help someone find their location.

• Providing the background on a time period to help the setting.

• Describing the reason why a character did something.

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"I'm sure one of my socks was hiding from me" is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

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What is the definition of symbol?

• An idea that shows up in a story over and over again.

• Something that connects the reader to one of the five senses.

• The most important idea in a text that all the readers can see.

• An object that stands for itself and something else.

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Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She was so pretty, my eyes popped out.

• The actor signed hundreds of autographs.

• He was so strong he could push a boulder.

• They are too young to remember.

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What is the definition of theme?

• The overall lesson the reader gets

• The general summary of the text

• The motivation behind writing the text

• The conclusion of the text

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What is the definition of theme?

• The overall lesson the reader gets

• The general summary of the text

• The motivation behind writing the text

• The conclusion of the text