Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Author
Background
Misc.
100
What literary term means: clues of what is going to happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
100
What is personification?
A figure of speech in which a thing, animal, or idea is given human attributes.
100
Who is the author of "The Gift of Cochise"?
Louis L'Amour
100
What kind of story is "The Gift of Cochise?"
It is a western story.
100
What are the three terms used for figurative language?
Personification, Idiom, and Alliteration.
200
What literary term means: A problem outside of the character?
External conflict
200
What is alliteration?
The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet.
200
Where was he born?
Jamestown, North Dakota.
200
What is one thing western stories usually contain?
Gunfights in saloons, trail riding, cowboys, and battles between white settlers and Native-American warriors.
200
What are two of the five literary terms that were used?
Foreshadowing, Third person Omniscient, External Conflict, Dynamic, Or Denotation.
300
What literary term means: something in the story changes?
Dynamic
300
What is an idiom?
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words.
300
What was his purpose for writing this story?
He was always fascinated western stories.
300
Where does the story take place?
The Arizona territory.
300
"'We got 'em' Ed said 'we sure did. But they got me'" is an example of which literary term?
External conflict. It is showing that Ed got shot.
400
What literary term means: not only does the narrator know what is happening, but how everyone is feeling as well.
Third person omniscient
400
"She pointed at an upthrust leaf of prickly pears." is an example of what?
Alliteration
400
Other than an author, what was one of his jobs?
Lumberjack or elephant handler.
400
When does the story take place?
In the mid-1800s.
400
Who are two main characters?
Ed, Angie, Ches, or Cochise.
500
What literary term means: the exact meaning of a word, without feelings, or suggestions that the word may imply?
Denotation
500
"The mans hand dropped for his gun and the room thundered with sound." is an example of what?
Personification
500
How many novels did he write?
He wrote 86 novels.
500
Why was the story written?
Louis L'Amour was always fascinated by western stories.
500
Where does Ed leave for when he feels lonely?
Santa Fe.
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