Literary Elements
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100
This is a reference to another work.
What is an allusion?
100
This is comparing things without using the word "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
100
When an author asks you to do this, they are asking you to explain your thinking and why you are right.
What is justify?
100
A perfect paragraph can be summed up with this acronym.
What is RAPS?
100
When you have a passage to read and questions to answer about that passage, you should do this first.
What is read the questions?
200
If something is objective, it is this.
What is factual?
200
This is comparing things using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
200
When a question asks you about this, they are asking you why a particular element is important-why it makes a difference int he story.
What is significance?
200
R stands for this.
What is restate the question?
200
True or False? You should not take the time to read all of your answer choices before choosing an answer.
False
300
If something is subjective, it is this.
What is opinion?
300
This is "the message" of a work.
What is theme?
300
When a question asks you about this, they area sking you to exampine the order of the text. Is it cause and effect? Is it chronological?
What is structure?
300
A stands for this.
What is answer the question?
300
The EOC is worth this much of your semester grade.
What is 10%?
400
This is an author's attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about.
What is tone?
400
This is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
400
When you are asked how a particular point is this, they are asking you how something is shown.
What is conveyed?
400
P stands for this.
What is provide examples and explain?
400
True or False? You should always try to eliminate two answers that you know are false. That way you have a 50-50 shot.
True
500
This is how a piece makes you feel.
What is mood?
500
This is the process by which an author reveals a character's personality.
What is characterization?
500
When you are asked about what is being this, they are asking how something is suggested or shown without explicitly being said.
What is implied?
500
S stands for this.
What is sum it all up?
500
True or False? Your first guess is usually wrong.
False
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