Literary Devices
The "P" of reading
The setting of poetry
All Over the Place
The "A" of reading
100
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as.
100
A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics.
personification
100
Where something takes place or the time it takes place is the ________.
setting
100
The person or character that tells the story
narrator
100
the pattern of sound that includes repetition of consonant sounds
alliteration
200
What is a metaphor?
A comparison not using like or as.
200
the way the audience, reader, or a person views a story or poetry
Point of View (POV)
200
When it comes to identifying the setting and the plot in poetry or in a narrative story, sometimes it does good it pay attention to the _________ _______________ because everything is not always taken literally.
figurative language
200
When a person, character, or situation is not what it seems. Something totally different happens than expected.
irony
200
a narrative that serves as a repeated or continual metaphor. A) allusion B) alliteration C) allegory D) aside
C) allegory
300
____________________ is a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another piece of literature.
Allusion
300
The character who is considered a "hero" or the character that does good things.
Protagonist
300
The way a poem is set up depends on how many _________ there are. They are the paragraphs of poetry.
stanzas
300
poetry is a type of literature or ________.
genre
300
The way a poem or story is assmebled depends on the A) alliteration B) conflict C) climax D) structure
D) structure
400
What is a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character?
An antagonist
400
What is a persona? A) the author of poetry B) the creation the author creates in poetry or in a story C) the author D) all characters in a story
B) the creation the author creates in poetry or in a story
400
By determining the setting of each poem, sometimes readers can guess what is going to happen based on the _________ and _____________ that takes place.
foreshadowing and suspense
400
conversations between characters or people within poetry or a story
dialogue
400
elegy
What is the poetic lament over a person who has passed?
500
the dictionary definition of a word is called the _____________.
denotation
500
A parable is a ____________________________________. A) A simple story B) A simple narrative with religious and moral themes C) A simple story about good samaritians D) A story that has a lesson involved like a fable.
B) A simple narrative with religious and moral themes.
500
Depending on the many settings, plots, and conflicts, a _______________ is longer than a peom, but shorter than a novella.
short story
500
When you have an idea or give the meaning of what a peom means in your own words.
connotation
500
the sequence of events in a story
plot
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