Literary Terms

Theme

• The explicit or implicit central idea, topic, or message that is explored in a literary work often reflecting universal truths about human nature, society, or life.

  
  

• The non-understandable central idea, topic, or message that is explored in a literary work often reflecting universal truths about human nature, society, or life.

• The disregarded central idea, topic, or message that is explored in a literary work often reflecting universal truths about human nature, society, or life.

• None of these

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Character Development

• The process through which a character dies in a story.

• The process through which a character changes, grows, or evolves throughout a story.

• The process through which a character disrupts a story.

• None of these

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Why can't trust be a theme?

• There's nothing to learn about it.
• Trust is a theme
• "Trust" on its own is not a theme because it is a single concept rather than a complete message or idea about human nature, society, or life.

• None of these

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Figurative Language

• A way of using words and expressions that only express their literal meaning to create more impactful, imaginative, or vivid descriptions.

• A way of using words and expressions that never express their literal meaning to create more impactful, imaginative, or vivid descriptions.

• A way of using words and expressions that go beyond their literal meaning to create more impactful, imaginative, or vivid descriptions.

• None of these

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Anagram

• A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

• A word or phrase formed by removing the letters of another word or phrase.

• A word or phrase not formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

• None of these

Which of these is an anagram?

•  "nothing" can be rearranged to form "something."

•  "listen" can be rearranged to form "silent."

•  "noone can be rearranged to form "oneside."

• None of these

Metaphors, similes, and personification are types of ....

• theories

• stories

• figurative language

• None of these

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Personification

• A figure of speech in which human qualities or characteristics are not attributed to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or abstract ideas.

• A figure of speech in which unreal qualities or characteristics are attributed to human entities, such as babies, toddlers, or child-like ideas.

• A figure of speech in which human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or abstract ideas.

• None of these

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Which is an example of personification

• "The boss whispered to the employees."

  
  

• "The man whispered to the trees."

  
  

• "The wind whispered through the trees."

  
  

• None of these

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Simile

• A figure of speech that disassembles comparisons of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• A figure of speech that avoids comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• None of these

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