Crush the NC Final

Question 1

The part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear.

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Exposition

Question 2

Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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Metaphor

Question 3

All the emotions or feelings a word arouses, such as negative feelings about 'pig'.

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Connotation

Question 4

The use of clues that suggest events yet to come.

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Foreshadowing

Question 5

Reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical

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Allusion

Question 6

High Point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point of no return.

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Climax

Question 7

The problem or complication in a story, often between that person and something else.

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Conflict

Question 8

Something seen that stands for something unseen, as a rose for love, flag for a country.

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Symbol

Question 9

Told from the perspective of one character in the story; designated by the pronoun 'I'.

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First person point of view

Question 10

A story about a person written by that person

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Autobiography

Question 11

Central truth or idea in a story.

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Theme

Question 12

When a story's sequence is interrupted and a character goes goes back to an earlier time.

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Flashback

Question 13

Narrative that is about real people, places, objects, or events.

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Non-fiction

Question 14

The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 15

A message that tells a story.

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Narrative

Question 16

Poems that tell a story

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Narrative Poetry

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Words that describe sights, sounds, movements, and recreate sensory experience.

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Imagery

Question 18

A form of language spoken by people of a particular region or group.

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Dialect

Question 19

Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect, example, "My feet are killing me".

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Hyperbole

Question 20

An author's account or story of another person's life

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Biography

Question 21

The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward.

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Protagonist

Question 22

Repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns.

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Parallelism

Question 23

The perspective from which the story is told.

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Point of view

Question 24

The way an author reveals his characters; can be done directly or indirectly

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Characterization

Question 25

Repetition of internal vowel sound, as in "how now brown cow".

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Assonance

Question 26

The action that takes place in a story after the climax and that resolves the conflict.

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Falling Action

Question 27

Time and place of a literary work

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Setting

Question 28

Repetition of the beginning consonant sound (ex: rough and ready, Peter Piper)

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Alliteration

Question 29

Stories that center upon or incorporate some significant historical events.

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Historical Fiction

Question 30

An author's unique way of writing that involves word choice and sentence patterns.

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Style

Question 31

Conversation carried on by the characters in a work of literature.

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Dialogue

Question 32

The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work.

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Tone

Question 33

The person or thing that opposes the protagonists; sometimes called the villain.

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Antagonist

Question 34

Story is told by someone outside the events but who knows the character's thoughts and feelings

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Omniscient POV

Question 35

The literal, dictionary definition of a word.

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Denotation

Question 36

The sequence of events in a literary work.

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Plot

Question 37

Two words used together that contradict each other, as in sweet sorrow or icy hot.

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Oxymoron

Question 38

The assumed or false name of an author

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Pseudonym

Question 39

Yearning for the way things used to be.

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Nostalgic

Question 40

Something is different than it is or thought to be, example, she likes you but cussed you out.

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Irony

Question 41

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

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Fiction

Question 42

The story told from the perspective of someone outside the events of the story.

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Third person POV

Question 43

Speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage

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Soliloquy

Question 44

Short composition usually analytic, speculative, or persuasive.

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Essay

Question 45

A unit or group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces.

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Stanza

Question 46

Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance.

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Personification

Question 47

A recurring and familiar pattern in literature, example - Disney.

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Archetype

Question 48

A comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as.

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Simile

Question 49

Designated by the pronoun 'you'; this does not exist in storytelling

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Second person

Question 50

Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally; similes, and metaphors are examples

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Figurative Language

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