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The pattern or model of a widespread idea or thing. Ex: Cinderella, snow white, The little mermaid
What is archetype?
100
A word that imitates sound
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A device in which the writer places clues in the story to prepare the reader for events that are going to happen later.
What is foreshadow?
100
Giving human qualities to a non-human subject.
What is personification?
100
The people, animal, or beings in a story.
What is characters?
200
A reoccuring idea, image, or group of images that unifies a work of literature.
What is a motif?
200
When a character pauses to remember something that happened prior to the current action.
What is flashback?
200
Saying something is something else.
What is a metaphor?
200
The narrator is a character in the story. Uses the pronoun I
What is first person point of view?
200
When readers are aware of events or circumstances in a story of which the characters have no knowledge.
What is dramatic irony?
300
The writer's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
300
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
300
A choice that a writer makes about words and sentences in a work. It is the writer's _____
What is style?
300
The relationship of the narrator to the story.
What is point of view?
400
Words and phrases that create a picture that appeals to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
400
Something use to represent something else.
What is a symbol?
400
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
The time and place in the story.
What is setting?
400
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
500
The main idea.
What is the theme?
500
The actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of what you expected.
What is situational irony?
500
The narrator uses the pronoun you.
What is second person?
500
A reference to another work of literature, art, music, or history with in a work.
What is allusion?
500
The exact words spoken between characters.
What is dialogue?