Literary Terms

What is a definition of the word "theme" when used to discuss a story?

• A story's topic

• A summary of a story

• A moral of a story

• A general statement about life made in a story

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is NOT an example of an external conflict?

• person vs. person

• person vs. society

• person vs. nature

• person vs. himself or herself

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figurative language is defined as...

• the use of exaggerated language.

• describing one thing in terms of another.

• a reference an author makes to people, places, or events in the Bible, classical mythology, or history.

• a writer's word choice that conveys the attitude toward the subject matter

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the best definition for symbol?

• Things that represent themselves but also stand for something else on a figurative level.

• Creating a mental image in the readers mind by appealing to the five senses (sight, smell, sound, touch, or taste)

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman or something abstract.

• When what is expected turns out to be quite different from what actually happens

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is NOT a type of irony?

• verbal irony

• dynamic irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Which of the following is an example of a third-person omniscient point of view?

• "I find my locker after social studies. The lock sticks a little, but I open it. I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria."

• Jonas didn't contribute much. He rarely dreamed. Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn't seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual.

• The sand, trembling beneath the heat haze, concealed many figures in its miles of length; boys were making their way toward the platform through the hot, dumb sand. Three small children, no older than Johnny, appeared from startlingly close at hand...

• My brother insisted we go. I don't know what possessed him, but then I never did. It was useless to argue; he'd force me anyway. He was nine then, I was six.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Complete the sentence to define imagery correctly: Imagery appeals to the reader's _____ to create a mental image.

• five senses

• logic and reasoning

• beliefs

• emotions

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is the best definition of "style"?

• the distinctive way a writer uses language, characterized

  by elements of diction, syntax, imagery, organization, and

  so on

• the arrangement of words and the order of

  grammatical elements in a sentence

• a writer’s (or speaker’s) distinctive use of language to

  express ideas as well as his or her persona

• the imaginary voice or persona of the writer or author

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the best definition for mood when it comes to literature?

• the ability to know and be aware of one’s own thought processes; self-reflection

• a word or phrase that appeals to one of more of the

  five senses and creates a picture

• a writer’s (or speaker’s) attitude toward a subject, character, or audience

• the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary

  work, the effect of the words on the audience

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B