Literary Elements and Interpretive Response Test Review

Imagery is ...

• Description of an image

• Language and description that appeals to our five senses

• An appeal that helps readers smell things

• An appeal that only Shakespeare uses

Simile -

• Comparison without "like" or "as"

• FIgurative Language

• Expression that isn't true

• Comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Comparison WITH "like" or "as"

• Figurative Language

• Shakespeare's cat's name

"The angry clouds marched across the sky." is an example of :

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

Check all examples that reflect IRONY

• A thief's house is being broken into as he is breaking into someone else's house

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What is an exaggerated claim that is not meant to be taken literally?

(a)  

(a)   is a reference to something famous or well-known. It could be from literature, music, history, pop-culture, movies, TV Shows, etc.

Direct Characterization -

• When an author does not tell you about a character. Readers have to make inferences about a character based off of his or her actions or statements

• When readers are not introduced to characters

• When readers are first introduced to characters

• When an author tells the audience directly what a character acts like, looks like, what they think, or how they feel

Indirect Characterization -

• When an author does not tell you about a character. Readers have to make inferences about a character based off of his or her actions or statements

• When readers are not introduced to characters

• When readers are first introduced to characters

• When an author tells the audience directly what a character acts like, looks like, what they think, or how they feel

The Grinch is an example of :

• Round / Dynamic Character

• Flat/Static Character

Answer explanation

The Grinch goes through a change throughout the story. He begins as a person who thinks Christmas is about gifts and appearance, and realizes that Christmas is about much more than that.