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Which of the following is NOT used as a symbol?
Names
Feelings
Objects
Colors
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In The Avengers, what is the conflict?
Captain American is being corrupted by The Avengers
Black Widow falling in love with Hulk is a distraction
Thor & Iron Man continue to argue about who is more powerful
Loki uses tesseract to control the world & must be stopped
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In The Avengers, which of the following is IRONIC?
When Tony Stark wears the suit for the first time
That they are heroes, but some see them as the problem
When Thor lifts the hammer
When the Hulk is wounded and left for dead
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The setting is
how the story takes place
where and when the story takes place
when the story takes place
where the story takes place
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In indirect characterization, readers figure things out thru STEAL. What does the T stand for?
TESTING IT OUT
TELEPATHY
TRICKERY
THOUGHTS
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Which of the following does NOT have to do with imagery?
sight
anger
smell
sound
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When the author gives you clues about what is coming up, that is
IRONY
FLASHBACK
DYNAMIC
FORESHADOWING
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Which of the following is likely not a symbol
A name
An object
A color
A food
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Which of the following is VERBAL irony?
Sarcasm
When the audience knows more than the characters
When the opposite of what you think will happen occurs
Words that sound like what they do
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In indirect characterization, readers figure things out thru STEAL. What does the L stand for?
LURKING
LOOKS
LAZINESS
LAUGHTER
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What is the difference between subject and theme?
theme is topic while subject is lesson
subject is main idea while theme is plot
subject is topic while theme is lesson
theme is topic while subject is main idea
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Dynamic characters
are introduced during the climax
always have a big part in the story
blow up during the story
change during the story
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A character that the audience only sees one basic personality style from is a
static character
dynamic character
round character
flat character
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When the author starts off in the present but then takes the reader to something in the past
that is foreshadowing
that is ironic
that is dynamic
that is flashback
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What is allusion?
When the writer references something well-known
When something you expect NOT to happen happens
Writing that appeals to the senses
Magic tricks
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In "Finding Nemo", is Marlin (the dad) dynamic or static?
DYNAMIC because we see a change in him
STATIC because he does not change
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When there is a character that the audience sees sad, happy, angry, sick, etc. is known as a
protagonist
main character
round character
antagonist
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Internal conflict is
pain within your body
a difficult decision that has to be made
multiple personality disorder
a fight or argument inside a building of some sort
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external conflict is
a fight or argument with another character
a fight that does not take place inside a building
a fight where a character's broken bones are exposed
a fight that takes place out in nature
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What pronouns are used a lot in 1st person point of view?
he, she, it
I, me, my
this, that, those
I, you, they
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In indirect characterization, readers figure things out thru STEAL. What does the A stand for?
ARM PIT HAIR
ASKING
ACTIONS
ASSUME
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In indirect characterization, readers figure things out thru STEAL. What does the S stand for?
SINGING
SIMILES
SPEECH
STANZAS
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In "Finding Nemo", what is the climax?
When the Nemo escapes Darla
When Marlin & Nemo reunite & Nemo saves the fish
When the turtles help Nemo & Dory find Australia
When Nemo finally gets to go to school like other fish
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A character that doesn't change during the story is a
boring character
static character
bad guy
flat character
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Which of the following is DRAMATIC irony?
When the audience knows more than the characters
When the opposite of what you think will happen occurs
Sarcasm
Words that sound like what they do
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What pronouns are used a lot in 3rd person point of view?
I, me, my, we
you, your, yours
he, she, it, they
we, us, our
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Which of the following is SITUATION irony?
Words that sound like what they do
Sarcasm
When the opposite of what you think will happen occurs
When the audience knows more than the characters
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What is the resolution of a story?
When the problem is solved
When the main character makes a decision
When the tension eases up
When someone dies
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The antagonist is
mean
the bad guy
never seen until the end of the story because he is sneaky
the guy who is trying to thwart the solving of the conflict
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When you have to INFER things about a character's personality, that is
foreshadowing
annoying
direct characterization
indirect characterization
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All of the following are examples of conflict except
man vs. man
man vs. technology
man vs. himself
man vs. nature
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When the author tells something about a character's personality, that is called
indirect characterization
direct characterization
plot twist
irony
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In "Finding Nemo", what kind of character is the sting ray teacher?
dynamic
protagonist
flat
external
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What are complications in a story?
Mini issues getting in way of protagonist solving conflict
The 2-3 subplots going on in a story
Not necessary
All of the above
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What is the resolution of a story?
When the subplots are settled
When the story is about to end but a cliffhanger comes
When the problem is solved
When the reader moves beyond the climax
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Complications are
things that make surgery go bad
the smaller issues that get in the way of solving conflict
the main problems of the story
the highest points in the story
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What is a protagonist?
The guy who gets in the way of solving the conflict
The good guy
The guy who is trying to solve the conflict
The bad guy
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When the reader is exposed to the setting, characters, and conflict, that is the
exposition
beginning
plot starter
introduction
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The climax of the story is
the big problem in a story
the smaller problem in the story
the most intense part of the story, toward the end
the most intense part of the story, at the beginning
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What is it called when the narrator takes the reader back to an earlier event before the story?
foreshadowing
flashback
sequence
past point
