Unit 2A Reading

A literary device that an author uses in fictional text to give clues and hints about an upcoming event is called...

• foreshadowing

• theme

• setting

• conflict

Language that is NOT meant to take literally, to make the text more interesting and full of details is called

• setting

• figurative language

• theme

• plot

Theme is

• where the story takes place.

• the main character of a literary text.

• the main problem of the story.

• the central idea of a literary work that often relates to a life lesson.

The genre of text that tells true events about a person's life in storybook form is called

• informational

• fiction

• literary nonfiction

• sci-fi

The type of genre that has a plot with a conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and then a resolution is

• poetry

• fiction

• informational

• expository

Conflict is when the opposition of persons or forces bring dramatic action. Conflicts can be

• man vs. man

• man vs. nature

• man vs. self

• all of the above

The way an author describes a character internally and externally, either implicitly or explicitly is

• characterization

• implicit meaning

• summary

• conflict

Metaphors and similes are similar because they both

• use like or as

• define something

• compare 2 things

• none of the above

The expression: "the room was silent," is a form of the literary device called

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The literary device when the author uses language to provoke the five senses, is called

• mental images

• imagery

• senses

• personification