Literary Terms I
This literary device is defined as when a word accurately represents a sound effect, as with 'buzz', 'sploosh', or 'bam!'.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is an example of which literary term?
"He was as sly as a fox."
What is a simile?
Which type of imagery is this?
"The overly friendly dog slobbered all over my face with his warm, wet tongue, and I had no choice but to pet his soft, cottony fur."
What is tactile imagery?
This is the part of the plot in which all of the loose ends get tied up and everything wraps up (hopefully) nicely.
What is resolution?
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A writer who is trying to explain the rules of chess in a piece of writing would want to use _________ __________.
What is expository writing?
This is an example of which literary device?
A breeze blew through the trees, and the leaves seemed to wave 'hello' to us on this windy day.
What is personification?
The dark, gloomy descriptions of the environment--paired with the use of evocative words like 'languidly' and 'morose'--showed that the author was trying to evoke a melancholy _________.
What is mood?
This is an example of what type of imagery?
"As I wandered through the mall, I was enticed by the sickeningly sweet aroma that wafted out of the small bakery."
What is olfactory imagery?
An initiating/inciting event marks the beginning of this section of the plot, where the conflict begins to unfold.
What is rising action?
This is defined as a type of writing in which you tell a story
What is narrative writing?
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For my persuasive essay, I was wrestling with potential ____________ like 'history,' 'religion,' and 'education'.
What are topics?
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By jokingly referring to the pomegranate as 'forbidden fruit', Bob was making a(n) _______________ to the apple eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
What is an allusion?
What type of imagery is this?
"I bit into the orange and was refreshing by its sweet, tangy juiciness."
What is gustatory imagery?
This is the part of the plot which is the immediate aftermath of the climax and in which the conflict begins to wind down.
What is falling action?
This type of writing is writing that makes an argument.
What is persuasive writing?
This is an example of which literary device?
[someone from Ireland is speaking]
"Wheniver a got home that night, a was ten feet seven inches off the groun' an' me ma an' da were waitin' up to hear how I had got on."
What is a dialect?
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Not to be confused with topics (which are usually one-word), a ____________ in a work of literature is usually a short phrase, and is very similar to the moral or lesson of the story.
What is a theme?
This is what type of imagery?
"The shrill, piercing wail coming from the building told me that a burglar alarm was going off."
What is auditory imagery?
The moment of highest tension--where the conflict comes to a head--is known as this.
What is the climax?
This type of writing is designed to inform or explain.
What is expository writing?
This is an example of what literary device?
The children that attended the tough elementary school were flowers defiantly growing in the concrete jungle of the inner city.
What is a metaphor?
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By using short, punchy words and lots of intense action verbs, the writer managed to convey a very animated ___________ in the story.
What is tone?
This is what type of imagery?
"I caught a glint off to the side, and when I turned my head, I noticed a brand new metallic silver Bugatti. It was freshly washed and waxed, and it glimmered like a precious metal."
What is visual imagery?
The section of the plot in which the reader learns about the setting, character, and context of the story is known as this.
What is the exposition?
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A writer who wants to convince people that nuclear weapons should be banned worldwide would craft a piece of _________ __________.
What is persuasive writing?