FICTION
FICTION
FICTION
FICTION
FICTION
100
an intentional and sometimes outrageous statement or exaggeration
What is hyperbole
100
gives human qualities to nonhuman or inanimate things
What is personification
100
a character struggles with an outside force
What is external conflict
100
the sequence of events in a story
What is plot
100
compares two apparently unlike things but does not use the words "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
200
a person, place, thing, or event used to stand for something abstract
What is symbol
200
the main idea in a literary work--the author's statement about life
What is theme
200
a comparison of two things that are essentially different using words such as "like" or "as"
What is simile
200
the story is told by a narrator who is not part of the story's action
What is third-person point of view
200
a conflict that takes place within a character's mind
What is internal conflict
300
the time and place in which a literary work takes place
What is setting
300
specific details or facts found in text that support what is inferred
What is textual evidence
300
specific details that help the reader see, feel, smell, taste, and/or hear what is being described
What is sensory details
300
how a writer uses language and literary devices to express ideas and create characters
What is style
300
to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas
What is summarize
400
a division or type of literature
What is genre
400
the atmosphere or feeling conveyed in a literary work
What is mood
400
an interruption in the narrative to show something that happened before that time
What is flashback
400
a metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire literary work
What is extended metaphor
400
the use of praise to make fun or "put down" someone
What is sarcasm
500
a phrase that uses words in a way that gives them a humorous effect
What is a pun
500
a writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character's traits
What is indirect characterization
500
an expression whose meaning differs from the meanings of its individual words
What is idiom
500
the narrator reveals only the actions and words without the benefit of the inner thoughts and feelings of a character
What is objective point of view
500
the voice through which an author tells a story
What is persona
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