EOC Literature Review

What is this an example of?

• Climax

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Metaphor

_{An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.  Generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer or character.}

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Imagery

the order of events in the story

• plot

• theme

• foreshadowing

• character traits

If the author directly tells you what the character is like, that is:

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

If the author shows you what the character is like and you have to infer, that is

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Identify the paradox. 

• She is an awfully good singer.

• The blank page stared back at me.

• It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

• They danced in the moonlight. 

a phrase or line of poetry that is repeated throughout a poem to create a special effect

• meter

• rhyme

• refrain

• rhyme scheme

a group of lines that might be thought of as a "paragraph" in prose; 

• refrain

• stanza

• meter

• rhythm

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

• His wife was his Achille's heel.

• He lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's.

• She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

• We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

An allusion is

• a reference in one work to another work of literature, art, history, or pop culture

• a slight of hand trick

• a comparison

• an exaggeration of epic proportion