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Literary Elements 1
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Literary Devices 1
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The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is theme
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The highest point of intensity in a story.

What is the climax

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Example: Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
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A difference between what is said and what is meant.
What is verbal irony. Example: Oh, goody! It's time to do my homework.
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A statement that is self-contradictory but still speaks the truth.
What is a paradox
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What are the 4 types of conflict?

1. Man v. Self

2. Man v. Man

3. Man v. Society

4. Man v. Nature

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What are the basic elements of Setting? 

Time / Place

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Example: The homeowners in NC who lost everything after hurricane Helene who say, "Well, that storm was a little breezy."

What is a litote.

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A technique used in which a writer will plant clues or subtle indications about events that will happen later in the narrative.
What is foreshadowing
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A physical object that represents an abstract concept.

What is a symbol

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The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience.

What is the tone?

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Name the 5 parts of PLOT.

1. Exposition

2. Rising Action

3. Climax

4. Falling Action

5. Resolution / Denouement

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Example: I'm going to die if I don't get to see Taylor Swift in concert this year.

What is hyperbole

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The word sounds like what it describes.
What is onomatopeia
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A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen.
What is situational irony. Example: A student studies for days for an English test, but sleeps in the morning of the test, shows up late for class, and fails the test.
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Name four types of characters. 

1. Round

2. Flat

3. Static

4. Dynamic

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Complete the following sentence to make this narration Second-Person point of view:

"___ walked down the hallway."

What is "you".


First person would be "I" / Third person would be "He/She/They"

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Example: A character falls ill and struggles to recover. What type of conflict is this?

Man v. Nature
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The part of the plot that introduces characters, setting and basic background.

What is the exposition?

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Explain the difference between simile and metaphor.

Both are a comparison of two unlike things - a simile uses "Like" or "as", a metaphor does not.
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What is the difference between "mood" & "tone?"

MOOD - is how YOUUUU, the reader, feels.

TONE - is how the auThur writes with emotion.

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What is the difference between Literary Elements and Literary Devices?

Elements are the building blocks of a story - you cannot have a story without them.

Devices are optional - an author may use them to add meaning and depth to their story.

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Example: Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps.

What is personification

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A humorous word or phrase that depends on a double meaning, either from a second meaning of the same word, or from the meaning of another word with a similar sound.
What is a pun
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Define the three types of Irony

Dramatic Irony - when the audience knows something the characters do not

Situational Irony - When an event in a story is opposite from what is expected.

Verbal Irony - Sarcasm / Saying one thing and meaning another.