Literary Elements
Literature
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Identify the error
100
The writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The structure of a story.
What is the plot?
100
About noon the sky darkened, a breeze sprang up, and a low rumble announces the approaching storm.
What is "About noon the sky darkened, a breeze sprang up, and a low rumble announced the approaching storm"?
100
If your main points are: (1) reasons there is global warming (2) the impact of global warming, then you are using this pattern of organization.
What is cause-effect?
100
"I didn't see an actual alien being" Mr. Johnson said, "but I sure wish I had."
What is a missing comma with quotes? "I didn't see an actual alien being," Mr. Johnson said, "but I sure wish I had."
200
"Kate inched over her own thoughts like a measuring worm." — East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
What is a simile?
200
A person, or any thing presented as a person in a literary work.
What is a character?
200
If a student parks a car on campus, they have to buy a parking sticker.
What is "If a student parks a car on campus, he or she has to buy a parking sticker"?
200
A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph
What is a transition?
200
Once upon a time there lived, a boy with a very special gift, and a very mean aunt.
What is incorrect comma usage? Once upon a time there lived a boy with a very special gift, and a very mean aunt.
300
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
300
The decisive moment in a literary work - the turning point to which the rising action leads.
What is the climax?
300
Harry was happier now then when living with his aunt.
What is " Harry was happier now than when living with his aunt"?
300
A method of informing that explains something by focusing on how it is similar and different from other things
What is compare-contrast?
300
The assistant principle was jubilant when the EOC scores were received.
What is the wrong form of principal? The assistant principal was jubilant when the EOC scores were received.
400
"This is so boring I could die."
What is hyperbole?
400
The underlying meaning of a literary work which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is the theme?
400
Petunia's account of the argument couldn't be farther from the truth.
What is " Petunia's account of the argument couldn't be further from the truth"?
400
Asked for effect. Assumes its own answer. "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"
What is a rhetorical question?
400
Harry did not enjoy living with his aunt, she never treated him very well.
What is a comma splice? Harry did not enjoy living with his aunt, because she never treated him very well.
500
A device in literature where an object represents an idea. "On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A."
What is symbolism?
500
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
What is tone?
500
When Harry realized that the noise would effect his concentration, he decided to find a quieter place to study.
What is " When Harry realized that the noise would affect his concentration, he decided to find a quieter place to study"?
500
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
What is parallel structure?
500
Although we have not finished.
What is a fragment?
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