Literary Terms
An inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics
What is personification
If someone demonstrates the ability to think deeply and concisely, one might say "He has an _____ mind.".
What is an acute mind?
What literary tool is being used? "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded--- with what caution--with what foresight--"
What is foreshadowing?
We need to show a bit of _______ if we want to trick the enemy.
What is cunning?
I will do the laundry this evening.
What is denotation?
Connotation
What are the emotions associated with a word's meaning.
The narrator had the ______________
to triumph while allowing the police inside the old man's chamber.
What is audacity?
When the story goes back in time to a past event/story.
What is a flashback?
I was grateful for the old man's _______ advice.
What is sage?
The characters are usually introduced in the _______of the story.
What is exposition?
An example of a symbol.
Answers will vary.
Conceive
What is to come up with, to create?
I'm so nervous about taking tests that I always do bad.
What is Internal Conflict?
Please _______ from talking during the performance.
What is refrain?
Janell and Jaquelin are arguing about dating the same boy.
What is an external conflict?
Climax
What is the high point of the story.
To conceal one's true feelings on the outside
What is dissimulation?
Dramatic Irony
What is "only the reader knows what's happening in the story?"
We were all suffering from _______ at the end of our journey.
What is fatigue?
Living Dead
What is an oxymoron?
External Conflict
A type of conflict that pits a character against someone else, society or nature.
The thief intruded into the house with caution and ________________.
What is dissimulation?
"Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in!"
What is diction?
Perhaps it was right to ________ your love.
What is dissemble?
You dirty snake!
What is connotation?