6th Grade Literary Terms/Unit 2 Review

Question 1

The external problem a character faces in the story

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external conflict

Question 2

"Those hats are a dime a dozen." What type of figurative language is this?

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idiom

Question 3

Any person, animal, or other creature in a story

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character

Question 4

The chair felt lonely and sad when Uncle Joe was not sitting in it.

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personification

Question 5

A pause in the story to describe an earlier event or one that happened in the past

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flashback

Question 6

The narrator is all knowing about all of the characters and is not part of the story.

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third person omniscient

Question 7

The way the conflict is solved at the end of a story where the loose ends are tied up.

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resolution

Question 8

A clue in the story about what is going to happen later in the story.

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foreshadowing

Question 9

A writer's attitude towards the story

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tone

Question 10

Qualities that tell the reader what kind of person they are. Ex: hardworking, shy, mischievous

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character traits

Question 11

A character whose personality and traits do not change over the course of the story

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static character

Question 12

A struggle between opposing forces in the story

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conflict

Question 13

The narrator is not a character in a story, and knows the thoughts & feelings of one character.

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third person limited

Question 14

The woman's face looked as wrinkled as an old paper bag.

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simile

Question 15

The narrator is one of the characters in the story

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first person point of view

Question 16

The point of the plot that creates the most intensity and is the turning point of the story.

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climax

Question 17

"Janine is a fountain of knowledge." What type of figurative language is this?

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metaphor

Question 18

A detailed character with complex personality traits who changes over the course of the story

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dynamic character

Question 19

When events are arranged in the order in which they occurred

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chronological order

Question 20

The point of view that addresses the reader, and uses the pronouns you, your, and yours.

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second person

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