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ESL - How well do you know your Literary Terms?
ESL - How well do you know your Literary Terms?
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Let's see how well you remember these literary terms and devices.
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All knowing narrator; not a character in the story
1st person limited
3rd person omnicient
3rd person limited
2nd person excluded
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The conversation between characters
quotation
dictation
voice
dialogue
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Feelings the reader gets from reading a story
tone
perception
intuition
mood
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When something happens that the reader didn't expect
verbal irony
misunderstanding
dramatic irony
situational irony
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Clues to hint what will happen next
foreshadowing
suspense
forethought
mystery
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Conflict taking place between a character and another character.
antagonistic character archetypes
confrontational
situational conflicting scenes
external conflict
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Time or place of a story or play
atmosphere
setting
locale
exposition
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A series of related events that make up a story or drama
text
plot
script
occurences
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Person in a story, poem or play
narrator
choragos
direct character
character
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The reader might be expecting one thing and there is a twist at the end.
internal conflict
irony
dichotomy
iconic
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Learning about as character's personality through what others say or think about him.
indiscretion
indiscreetly stated
indirectly stated
indirect characterization
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What is the writer's attitude toward a subject called?
tone
theme
repore
mood
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The vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
point of narration
point of view
scope and sequence
point of contact
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Person, place or thing that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
symbolism
symbiosis
microcosim
posturing
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Trick Question - Using Allusion - How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
4
none
2
3
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narrator; not a character in the story- can describe the thoughts and feelings of characters
3rd person omnicient
3rd person limited
2nd person excluded
1st person limited
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Contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true
dramatic irony
ambiguous situation
character flaw
misunderstanding
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One of the characters is the narration using the pronoun "I"
1st person limited
2nd person
1st person
3rd person
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Person or force that blocks (or is against) the main character
archetype
antogonist
protagonist
villian
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Conflict taking place inside a character's mind
self conflict
internal conflict
internal doubt
low self worth
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Main character of the story
protagonist
protag
vice character
pinnacle character
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Events leading to the end of the story
resolution
falling action
decompression
conclusion
23
Brainteaser time!!! Answer this question...
March
no name
Johnny
July
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An idea that applies generally to situations in life, a message about life
moral
subject
theme
lessons
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A story's main message or moral
moral
theme
lessons
subject
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Part of the plot that gives information about the characters, their problems and conflicts
exemption
ex parte
exposition
deposition
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Struggle or clash between opposing forces or characters
kerfuffle
juxtaposition
fight
conflict
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Feeling of uncertainty about what will happen next - we are sitting on "the edge of our seats!"
gloomy
errie
morbid
suspense
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A man has 10 horses. All but 6 horses were destroyed by a fire. How many horses are left?
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2
6
4
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Events leading up to the climax
rising action
rising expectation
rising suspense
conclusion
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Brainteaser: Some months have 31 days, and some months have 30 days. But how many have 28 days?
10
1
12
3
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Turning point in a story or drama
climax
epic turn
thematic indifference
climate
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Interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
sequence gap
forethought
forgone conclusion
flashback
