Literary Terms
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Author's Purpose
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"The resounding song of the trees sang me to sleep."
What is personification?
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"The buzz of the alarm woke him."
What is onomatopoeia?
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The (arduous) task required hours of work.
What is hard or difficult?
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After reading "To Kill A Mockingbird," one can determine that this theme best pertained to Boo (Arthur) Radley.
What is you can't judge a book by its cover or you can't judge a person until you consider things from his point-of-view?
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The memoir night was intended to do this.
What is describe Elie's survival of Holocaust?
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"Her kind words were a source of comfort to me."
What is metaphor?
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When the outcome of the story is what the reader least expected to happen it is called this.
What is irony?
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After Jay's girlfriend dumped him, he was in a state of (melancholy) and couldn't seem to cheer up.
What is blah or sadness?
200
After reading "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," one can conclude the theme found in the story of Eddie's wife was this.
What is love lives on; it doesn't die?
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"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" had a purpose to do this.
What is instruct Eddie on the purpose his life had?
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"His grasp was stronger than an ox."
What is simile?
300
When consonant sounds are repeated it is called this.
What is alliteration?
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The student was (reverent) and considered his teacher's feelings when he knew her dad had passed away.
What is respectful; polite?
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After reading the first chapter of "Things Fall Apart," one can conclude that Okonkwo fears this most:
What is becoming like his father; failing?
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"A Doll's House" spoke out for these rights way before Americans fought for them.
What are women's rights?
400
"I asked you a thousand times to stop."
What is hyperbole?
400
This is the time, place, and context of a story.
What is the setting?
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It is important to (articulate) your feelings clearly so that others can understand you.
What is communicate?
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After reading Elie Wiesel's "Night" memoir, one can conclude that the title represents this.
What is suffering; death?
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"Life Is Beautiful" film with Guido, Dora, and Joshua taught us that survival often depends on this.
What is seeing the positive or good side of things; being optimistic?
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"She is the poison in my life."
What is metaphor?
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This is the main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
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The (apathetic) student did not even try to complete her test; instead, she had already given up and didn't even try.
What is lazy; hopeless?
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After reading "Shizuko's Daughter," one can conclude that Yuki's most valuable lesson was this.
What is life must go on?
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In "Hotel Rwanda," the director's purpose is to do this.
What is to inform a universal audience of the horrible civil war that broke out between two groups of Rwandans and how one man helped save thousands of people.