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Literary terms for Adapted English class
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Who is the character that works against the main character? (AKA the "bad guy")
character
protagonist
narrator
antagonist
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What is "the time and place in which the events of a story occur"?
plot
timeline
setting
theme
3
What is "the perspective from which a story is presented to the reader"?
opinion
idea
narration
point of view
4
What is "the use of repeated consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of a word"?
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
alliteration
5
What means "to give human characteristics to objects or animals"?
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
6
What is "a category of literature characterized by style, form, or content"?
plot
genre
theme
mood
7
What means "a word intended to simulate the actual sound of the thing or action it describes"?
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
alliteration
personification
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What is "a deliberate exaggeration not to be taken literally"?
hyperbole
personification
onomatopoeia
alliteration
9
What is "the main idea or the underlying meaning of a story"?
theme
mood
author's purpose
plot
10
What is "the way the author describes the characters in a story"?
characterization
imagery
theme
description
11
What means "comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' "?
personification
metaphor
alliteration
simile
12
Who is the main character? (AKA the "good guy")
narrator
antagonist
character
protagonist
13
What is "the style or manner of expression in a story"?
tone
imagery
mood
theme
14
What means "comparing two things NOT using 'like' or 'as' "?
personification
simile
metaphor
alliteration
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What is "the use of words to express something different or the opposite of what you expect"?
hyperbole
irony
personification
alliteration
16
What are "words that mean the same thing"?
antonyms
imagery
acronyms
synonyms
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What means "to give clues as to what will happen later in the book"?
symbol
foreshadowing
irony
hyperbole
18
What is "the person or force that opposes the main character in the story"?
conflict
theme
narrator
plot
19
What are "the events of a story"?
mood
theme
plot
setting
20
What is "the use of descriptive and vivid words to describe objects, actions, and people"?
theme
plot
imagery
personification
21
What are "words that have opposite meanings"?
imagery
acronyms
synonyms
antonyms
22
What is "a scene in a story that interrupts the action to show an event that happened earlier"?
foreshadowing
irony
flashback
hyperbole
23
What is "the atmosphere or feeling created by a story"?
mood
plot
theme
emotion
