Communications 9 Final Exam

The author's message in their story

• Theme
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Personification

A direct comparison between two unlike things

• Tone

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Tone
• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

A vivid description that appeals to the senses

• Imagery
• Irony
• Dialogue
• Conflict

A reference inside of a story to something well known from history, art, sports, etc.

• Allusion
• Imagery
• Tone
• Mood

A technique where the author interrupts the present setting of a story to show readers a scene that unfolded in the past

• Verbal irony
• Flash forward
• Flashback
• Resolution

The setting of a story tells the reader...

• The time a story takes place
• The physical place where a story occurs
• A story's time AND place
• The story's main conflict

A device where the audience knows more than a character does

• Situational irony
• Dramatic irony
• Verbal irony
• Person vs Person conflict

A literary device where suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted

• Antagonist
• Verbal irony
• Foreshadowing
• Imagery

The main problem a character experiences in a story

• Resolution
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Conflict