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Literary Elements
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ESL Literary devices
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What is summary?
an account of the main points of the story
a memory
what will happen in the future
little things that add to the story
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What is style?
the page length
the characters in the story
the central topic of the story
the author's unique way of writing
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What is conflict in a story?
The main problem of the story
The solution
little things that add to the story
something we can conclude
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What is theme?
differences and similiraties
the life lesson of the story
something we can guess
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
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What does it mean to predict outcomes?
to find the good character in the story
to find the main idea of the story
to find the perspective of the story
to imagine how the story will end
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What is an inference
What we cannot conclude
How the story ends
What happens in the story
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
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What does it mean to "make an inference"?
to find the differences and similarities in the story
to use clues from the story to figure out more of the story
to say what the story means
to find the problem
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What is symbolism?
How the story is written. How it "sounds"
A memory from the past
The use of items or colors to represent something
The order in which the story happens
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What is setting?
The time and place of the story
how the reader feels
how the story is written
the problem of the story
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What is the antagonist/protagonist?
the results of something
what creates something
how the reader feels
the major character/the person against the major character
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What is mood?
the authors manner of expression
the lesson of the story
the intended feeling of the reader
the perspective of the story
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What is a narrator?
the way in which the events of a story happen
how the story make you feel
Who tells the story
how the story develops
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What is a paradox?
The element of surprise
The language in the story. The images in the story
A description of the character
A statement that contradicts itself
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What is point of view?
the view from which the story is narrated
what is likely to happen next in the story
where the story takes place
the meaning of the story
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What is the central idea?
what happened in the story
the problem in the story
the ending
the main point of the story
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What is plot?
the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end
the main character
the problem of the story
an object represents something greater than itself
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What is foreshadowing?
When the story hints that something is going to happen
What is true and what is something people believe
What happened in the past
Who is involved in the story
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How does the author teach us about a character?
through foreshadowing
through the character's speech, thoughts, actions, emotions
through the sequence of events
through the plot of the story
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What is author's purpose?
The reason the author writes the story
who tells the story
How the story is written
things that are true and things that are beliefs
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What is the sequence of events?
the cause
The order in which the events happen
the effect
The place in which the story happens
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What is tone?
something many people believe
how the reader feels while reading
what will happen
the author's attitude toward the subject
