Literature Terms

What is the correct order of elements in a plot graph? 

• Exposition, Climax, Rising action, Resolution, Falling action
• Rising action, Exposition, Climax, Falling action, Resolution
• Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution
• Resolution, Falling action, Climax, Rising action, Exposition 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In the famous words of Forest Gump, "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What literary device did he use for his comparison? 

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole 

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are these examples of?

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_{Language that appeals to the five senses and uses vivid details to help the reader feel and imagine what's going on.}

• Tone
• Falling action
• Mood
• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are words that are spelled the way they sound?  It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described.

• Interjections 
• Onomatopoeia 
• Comics
• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_{What is an implied comparison between dissimilar objects? A comparison not using the words "like" or "as", usually comparing things using "is" or "was" (ie. He is a couch potato.)}

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
What is this an example of?

• Climax
• Hyperbole
• Tone
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hints that tell the reader what is to come.

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Plot 
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is this an example of?

• Hyperbole
• Setting
• Simile
• Symbolism 

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story, often times a memory. Clues the reader into the past experiences of the character. 

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Metaphor
• Rising Action

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5