Literary Devices
Literary Terms
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100
When an author repeats words or phrases in order to emphasize a word or feeling.
What is repititon?
100
The person telling a story.
Who is the narrator?
100
This is the section of a written essay where the writer lists the sources used in the paper.
What is the bibliography?
100
The implied meaning of a word.
What is connotation.
100
What you should do to try to understand vocabulary words that you don't know.
What is use context clues?
200
In literature, when an author uses a thing to represent another idea or feeling
What is symbolism?
200
The author's attitude in writing, or the feeling the reader gets when reading a piece of writing.
What is tone?
200
According to MLA conventions, this is the line spacing a final draft should have.
What is double line spacing?
200
When the implied meaning of a word has a negative tone.
What is a negative connotation?
200
What you should do when you read a question for the first time.
What is annotate and circle key words?
300
When the meaning of what a character says is the opposite of what they actually say.
What is verbal irony?
300
This is the lesson that the author is trying to portray to the reader in a piece of writing.
What is a theme?
300
This should include author, title, location, publisher and date.
What is a citation in a bibilography?
300
The people who a piece of writing is written for.
What is audience?
300
The first thing you should do when you are choosing between four answer choices.
What is eliminate 2 answer choices?
400
When a non-living object is given human or animal traits.
What is personification?
400
This is an adjective that would describe what a character is like or their personality.
What is a character trait?
400
This is how an author's name should be written in a bibliography.
What is last name first?
400
The reason that an author writes something.
What is purpose?
400
What you should do when you read an informational document?
What is annotate headings, subheadings, tables and graphs?
500
An intentional exaggeration, to create humor or emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
500
A conversation between two characters.
What is a dialogue?
500
The main point or argument in an essay.
What is a thesis?
500
A character speaking directly to the audience about his or her feelings.
What is a monologue?
500
What you should to in order to make sure that you have the correct answer.
What is look back to the text to find the answer!
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