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Literary Terms III
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The character who works against the main character?
What is antagonist?
100
A type or category of literature
What is genre?
100
Sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
100
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
Cognizant means... a: to be cynical b: to be aware of c: to disown
b: to be aware of something
200
The repetition of consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
Writing that mocks/ridicules humans
What is satire?
200
The creation/development of characters in a work of literature
What is characterization?
200
A symbolic story
What is allegory?
200
Commiserate means: a: to tell secrets b: to cheer c: to express sorrow
c: to express sorrow
300
Conclusion or outcome of story
What is resolution?
300
Main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
300
Perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
300
Complications that lead to the high point of action
What is rising action?
300
Copious means... a: a small amount of something b: a large amount of something c: just the right amount of something
b: a large amount of something; a lot
400
All-knowing narrator
What is omniscient?
400
Conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
400
Giving something not human a human-like characteristic
What is personification?
400
Connotation
What is emotional feelings associated with words?
400
An edifice is... a: a structure or building b: a way to write c: a type of tree
a: a structure or building
500
Monologue
What is a speech given by one character?
500
Creating pictures in the mind
What is imagery?
500
What is a dictionary-definition of a word?
What is denotation?
500
Narrator
Who is the person telling the story?
500
Exemplary means... a: unworthy b: terrible c: excellent
c: excellent