Unit 1 Vocabulary 14-25

Which word mean the perspective from which a story is told?

• point of view

• connotation

• denotation

• short story

Which word is a kind of metaphor that gives objects human characteristics?

• metaphor

• simile

• plot

• personification

What is the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word?

• denotation

• connotation

• theme

• plot

Clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot is called?

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• foreshadowing

What is a sequence of related events that make up a story?

• plot

• short story

• theme

• connotation

What is the exact literal meaning of a word called?

• connotation

• denotation

• plot

• simile

The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work is called the?

• plot

• simile

• theme

• metaphor

What do you call imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally?

• short story

• metaphor

• simile

• figurative language

What do you call a work of fiction that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that deals with a conflict?

• plot

• short story

• theme

• foreshadowing

What is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as called?

• simile

• metaphor

• plot

• personification