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Literary Elements
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ESL Literary devices
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What is the conflict in a story?
the characters
The solution
The main problem of the story
the setting
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What does it mean to compare and contrast?
showing the differences and similarities
the reason for writing a story
the central topic
to think about what will happen
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What is symbolism?
The order in which the story happens
Something used to represent another thing
A hint about what is going to happen
A memory from the past
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What is point of view?
the view from which the story is narrated
the meaning of the story
where the story takes place
the characters in a story
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What is an opinion?
How the reader feels
Something true and you can prove.
All the details written in a story
The author persuading you with their personal beliefs. It cannot be proven.
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What is an author's purpose?
the mood or feeling the reader gets
The reason the author writes the story (to persuade, inform or entertain)
How the story is written
facts that can be proven
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What is the summary?
the main points of the story
supporting details for an argument
a memory
what will happen in the future
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Who is the antagonist of a story?
the minor characters
the main character (usually the good guy)
the narrator
the main character (usually the bad guy)
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What is the plot?
beginning, middle, and end of a story
the problem of the story
the main characters
the setting
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Which one is personifcation?
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
the stars are like a diamond in the sky
big, brown bear
the sun smiled at the land
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What is mood?
the lesson of the story
how the author feels
how the reader feels
the perspective of the story
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What is the sequence of events?
The order in which the events happen
The place in which the story happens
the cause
the effect
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Which one is a metaphor?
She is like a mouse, so quiet.
She is my world.
She is asleep.
She is like a rose.
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What is foreshadowing?
When the story hints that something is going to happen
facts that can be proven
Who is involved in the story
What happened in the past
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What is imagery?
the moral or lesson of the story
the problem in the story
what happened in the story
using all 5 senses to describe what is in the story
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What is alliteration?
comparing two things using like or as
ket it snow, let it snow, let it snow
the wind cried and moaned
big, brown bear
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What is 1st person point of view?
A person telling the story in their own voice
a narrator using he, she or it
The result of what happens
A narrator using “you”
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What is a narrator?
how the story make you feel
the person who tells the story
how the writer writes
the main character in a story
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What is theme?
something we can infer or guess
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
the moral or lesson of the story
differences and similiraties
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What is an inference?
where a story takes place
What happens in the story
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
How the story ends
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What is an effect?
the manner in which the story was written
the change that is a result or consequence of the cause
the force that makes something happen
a little thing that adds to the story.
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What is tone?
something many people believe
how the reader feels while reading
how the writer feels about the subject they are writing about
what will happen
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What is setting?
The place where the story takes place
the problem of the story
how the story is written
how the reader feels
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What is resolution?
the end of the story and the conflict is all over
the perspective of the story
the setting of the story
to find the main idea of the story
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What is a cause?
The result.
The purpose of the story.
The central topic of the story.
What makes something happen
