Literary Terms
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What part of the plot line provides time, setting, character, mood?
Exposition.
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A character having to make a difficult decision is what type of conflict?
Character vs. Self.
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
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A play on words is a ________________.
Pun. Give an example!
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Sally sells sea shells by the seashore is an example of____
alliteration
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A well know saying whose meaning is inferred because it does not pertain to the literal subject.
Idiom. Give an example!
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Jason knows he has the skills to drive a car, and he thinks he’d be a better driver than most adults. However, the law says a person has to be 16 to get a license. What TYPE of EXTERNAL CONFLICT is employed
man vs society/government
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What is the part of the plot line that represents the highest point in the conflict?
Climax.
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What are the two main categories of conflict?
internal and external
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Allusion
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Figurative language device which has a meaning different from its literal meaning.
Idiom. Give an example!!!
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The use of words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia. Give an example!
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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
Simile. Give an example!
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"The dish ran away with the spoon" employs what literary device?
Personification.
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Tension between opposing forces is what literary term?
CONFLICT
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In order for a theme to be effective, it must be _____________.
Universal.
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Saying one thing but meaning another
Verbal Irony
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When the audience or certain characters know more than another character:
Dramatic irony
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A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
Personification
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The introduction of a conflict within a plot
inciting incident
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"The words he spoke were like sweet music to my ears." in ADDITION to employing simile, what other literary device is inferred?
euphony
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Which is an example of internal conflict?
1. Political unrest led to the storming of the Capitol Building in 2021.
2. Police brutality was the inciting incident that caused the riots.
3. Karen disagrees with people advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement.
4. Ken (Karen's son) is unsure if he should join the Black Lives Matter movement
3. Karen disagrees with people advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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This is mood.
How does the story make me feel?
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Gail walked to the park and looked around. Swinging on the playset was a small boy with a smile on his face. Point of view is _____________.
Third Objective.
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Words or phrases of opposite meanings placed side by side for effect.
Oxymoron. Give an example!
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How poems are organized.
Stanzas.
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What part of the plot pyramid introduces characters and setting?
Exposition
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dark skies, gray clouds and flashes of lighting usually __________ a storm
foreshadow
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This point on the plot line is the conflict that gets the story started.
Inciting incident.
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Which of the following could be considered imagery?
a sound
a smell
a sight
a taste
All of the above
All of the above
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When a story does not have a resolution.
What is a cliff hanger?
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A figure of speech which compares by describing one thing as though it were something else
metaphor
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary...
This is an example of _______________.
Internal rhyme.
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Two words that have the opposite connotations placed next to each other to make a point, for example "jumbo shrimp", bittersweet, or deafening silence.
oxymoron
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A concept map used to break down a whole object into separate parts
brace map