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100

The people in a story.

Characters

100

A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses words “like” or “as.”

Simile 

100

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. 

Rhetorical Question

100

In Lion King, Simba battles Scar for the throne of king. What kind of conflict occurs?

CHARACTER 

VS 

CHARACTER

100

Telling a story from your prospective is a ______

Narrator

200

The struggle within the story that triggers the action.

Conflict

200

A reference to a well-known event, person, or object to create a connection.

Allusion 

200

The author's attitude towards the subject of a literary work. 

Tone 

200

Is a display of faulty reasoning that makes an argument invalid, or a faulty belief based on an unsound argument.

Fallacies

200

What are the 3 different types of Irony?

Verbal 

Situational 

Dramatic

300

A literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things

Personification 

300

An appeal to emotions in persuasive writing. 

Pathos

300

The underlying main idea of a literary work that involves a statement or idea about the subject. 

Theme 

300

In Spiderman Peter has a hard time accepting his role as Spiderman and Peter Parker. What kind of conflict occurs? 

CHARACTER 

VS 

SELF

300

In the movie toy story the toys watch their friend get taken away amongst the storm outside, what kind of conflict occurs? 

CHARACTER 

VS 

NATURE

400

"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of _____

Personification  

400

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written in order to enhance a piece of literature. 

Repetition 

400

________ is a description so vivid the reader can create a mental picture of the described scene.

Imagery 

400

He was a cheetah is an example of ______

A metaphor

400

The difference between what is and what is expected; surprising or contradictions

Irony 

500

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. 

Rhyme Scheme

500

The sequence of events in a literary work. 

Plot

500

An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.

Ethos

500

___________ is the author providing hints or clues that suggest what is to come later in the story

Foreshadowing 

500

Extreme exaggeration for the purpose of added meaning. 

Hyperbole