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Literary element that uses like or as
What is simile?
100
Literary term that creates a comparison between two dissimilar things
What is metaphor?
100
Hinting of future events in a literary work
What is foreshadowing?
100
The assigning of human qualities to objects or concepts
What is personification?
100
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
Something in a literary work that stands for something else
What is symbol?
200
A reference in a piece of literature to something, historical, mythology, literary, or Biblical
What is allusion?
200
The unique way the author presents his ideas
What is style?
200
A clash between opposing forces
What is conflict?
200
A word that sounds like the sound they represent
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
A repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is Alliteration?
300
The time and place of a literary work
What is setting?
300
The author's choice of words
What is diction?
300
The highest point of the story
What is climax?
300
The tying up of lose ends in a literary work
What is resolution?
400
The internal dilemma of a literary work
What is crisis?
400
The point of view told from the narrator's perspective
What is First Person?
400
The story's idea
What is theme?
400
The author's attitude toward the story
What is tone?
400
The idea that the audience knows something the characters don't know
What is dramatic irony?
500
The literary work that exposes people's stupidity or vices
What is satire?
500
The grammatical structure of prose and poetry
What is syntax?
500
The point of view where the narrator is not limited to one type (1st or 3rd)
What is unreliable narrator?
500
The speaking of characters in a story
What is dialogue?
500
The dramatic effect where the character has a sudden realization
What is epiphany?
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