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Funday Friday
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THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE FOR CREATING A PARTICULAR WORK. EXAMPLES MAY BE TO ENTERTAIN, TO EXPLAIN, TO EXPRESS AN OPINION, OR TO PERSUADE.
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
100
An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.
What is FLASHBACK?
100
A LITERARY WORK BASED ON THE IMAGINATION AND NOT NECESSARILY ON FACT.
What is FICTION?
100
An expression of a writer's attitude toward a subject. Unlike mood, which is intended to shape the readers emotional response, and reflects the feelings of the writer. It can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, playful, ironic, bitter, or objective.
What is TONE?
100
The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction, it is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays, characters' speech is preceded by their names.
What is DIALOGUE?
200
THE ORDER IN WHICH EVENTS HAPPEN IN TIME. THERE MAY BE SIGNAL WORDS SUCH AS FIRST, NEXT, THEN, FINALLY, ETC.
What is CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?
200
A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT EXPRESSES A RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THINGS OF DIFFERENT KINDS (USUALLY FORMED WITH "LIKE" OR "AS"). Your teeth are like stars; They come out at night. They come back at dawn When they’re ready to bite.
What is A SIMILE?
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THE TIME, PLACE, AND ATMOSPHERE OF THE STORY.
What is SETTING?
200
THE REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUND, AT THE BEGINNING OF TWO OR MORE WORDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EACH OTHER OR AT SHORT INTERVALS. (Peter Piper Picked Peppers.)
What is ALLITERATION?
200
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; — William Shakespeare, As You Like It
What is A METAPHOR?
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THE USE OF HINTS AND CLUES TO SUGGEST WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN A PLOT.
What is FORESHADOWING?
300
The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work.
What is CLIMAX?
300
A TRADITIONAL STORY ABOUT GODS, ANCESTORS, OR HEROES, TOLD TO EXPLAIN THE NATURAL WORLD OR THE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS OF A SOCIETY.
What is A MYTH?
300
THE OVERALL MESSAGE ABOUT LIFE THAT THE AUTHOR WISHES TO REVEAL ABOUT A LITERARY PIECE.
What is THEME?
300
THINGS SUCH AS HEADINGS, BULLETED LISTS AND GRAPHICS THAT HELP A READER FIND IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
What are TEXT FEATURES?
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A COMPARISON NOT USING "LIKE" OR "AS". (MY LIFE IS A DREAM.)
What is A METAPHOR?
400
A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES EXAGGERATION TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION, MAKE A POINT, OR EVOKE HUMOR. (HE HAD A HEART THE SIZE OF FLORIDA.)
What is HYPERBOLE?
400
THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH A WRITER TELLS A STORY. (OMNISCIENT, THIRD PERSON, FIRST PERSON, SECOND PERSON).
What is POINT OF VIEW?
400
AN ACCOUNT OF AN EVENT CREATED BY SOMEONE WHO TOOK PART IN OR WITNESSED THE EVENT. (FIRSTHAND INFORMATION)
What is PRIMARY SOURCE?
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AN ACCOUNT PROVIDED AFTER THE FACT BY PEOPLE WHO DID NOT DIRECTLY WITNESS OR PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.
What is SECONDARY SOURCE?
500
THE OVERALL FEELING OR ATMOSPHERE A WRITER CREATES FOR THE READER. (GLOOMY, CHEERFUL, ETC.) XT
What is MOOD?
500
THE USE OF A WORD WHOSE SOUNDS IMITATES OR SUGGESTS ITS MEANING. (BEES, BUZZ, CRASH, WHIZ, PURR, ETC.)
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
500
A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN OBJECT OR ANIMAL IS GIVEN HUMAN FEELINGS, THOUGHTS OR ATTITUDES. At 4:30 AM my alarm clock began whistling soft melodies in my ear.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art.
What is ALLUSION?
500
The beginning of a work of fiction. Introduces setting, characters and plot. May provide background information.
What is Exposition?