What is the correct definition of repetition?

The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

What is the correct definition of setting?

The background against which the action takes place (location, time, etc.)

What is the correct definition of a cliché?

Any expression that has been used so many times it's lost its freshness

What is the definition of figurative language?

Writing or language that is not meant to be taken literally

What is the correct definition of rising action?

Events in a story that increase the tension

What is the correct definition of theme?

The main idea of a story, poem, novel, or play.

Identify the example of INTERNAL conflict:

A character that struggles with negative thought patterns.

Indirect characterization is...

When the writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about characters

What is the correct definition of tone?

The writer's attitude towards their audience and/or subject

What is the correct definition of personification?

A figure of speech giving animals, ideas, or inanimate objects human traits

Direct characterization is...

The writer clearly states the characters' traits and characteristics

Identify the correct example of a metaphor:

He was drowning in a sea of grief.

What is the correct definition of plot?

Arrangement of events in a short story

Who is the antagonist in a literary work?

The opposing character; the villain

Identify the example of EXTERNAL conflict:

A character that is dealing with a wild pack of wolves

What is the correct definition of point of view?

Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told

Identify the correct example of alliteration:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is the correct definition of repetition?
Any expression that has been used so often that it's lost its freshness
The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
The similarity of ending sounds existing between two or more words
2
What is the correct definition of setting?
The atmosphere or feelings created by a literary work or passage.
The chief character in a work.
The background against which the action takes place (location, time, etc.)
The moment of highest intensity in a literary work.
3
DEFINITION: a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
Symbol
Suspense
Foreshadowing
Flashback
4
Who is the chief character in a literary work?
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
Princess
Antagonist
5
DEFINITION: a conversation between two or more people
Conflict
Figurative Language
Dialogue
Internal Conflict
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DEFINITION: the atmosphere or feelings created by a literary work or passage
Tone
Conflict
Theme
Mood
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What is the correct definition of a cliché?
The similarity of ending sounds between two or more words
Any expression that has been used so many times it's lost its freshness
Exaggeration for dramatic effect
A common, often used expression that can only be figuratively defined
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What is the definition of figurative language?
Reality vs. appearance; recognize what IS and what SEEMS to be.
The similarity of ending sounds existing between two or more words
Writing or language that is not meant to be taken literally
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
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DEFINITION: words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
Personification
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Simile
10
What is the style of narration where the narrator is a character in the story experiencing things as they happen?
Omniscient
Bird Person
First Person
Third Person
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What is the correct definition of rising action?
Events in a story that increase the tension
The opposing character; the villain
The atmosphere or feelings created by a literary work or passage
The moment of highest intensity within a literary work
12
What is the correct definition of theme?
Struggle against two elements within a person
The main idea of a story, poem, novel, or play.
The atmosphere or feelings created by a literary work.
The writer clearly states the characters' traits and characteristics
13
Identify the example of INTERNAL conflict:
A character that struggles with negative thought patterns.
A character that is stuck in a burning building.
A character that is bullied by another character in the novel.
A character that is oppressed by society because of class issues
14
DEFINITION: the use of words that imitate the sound of another object, animal, or item.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Hyperbole
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Indirect characterization is...
The struggle against two elements within a person
The writer clearly states the characters' traits and characteristics
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society
When the writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about characters
16
DEFINITION: an object, person or idea that stands for something beyond itself
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Inference
Suspense
17
What is the correct definition of tone?
The main idea of a story, poem, novel, or play
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses
The order of events
The writer's attitude towards their audience and/or subject
18
What is the correct definition of personification?
Exaggeration for dramatic effect
An expression that has been used so many times that it's lost its freshness
A figure of speech giving animals, ideas, or inanimate objects human traits
The struggle against two elements within a person.
19
Direct characterization is...
When the writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about characters
The writer clearly states the characters' traits and characteristics
The struggle against two elements within a person
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society
20
Identify the correct example of a metaphor:
He was drowning in a sea of grief.
My computer hates me!
Heart surgery? It's only a minor operation.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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DEFINITION: the struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
Internal Conflict
Climax
Protagonist
22
Identify the correct example of a simile:
My house is 100 miles away!
The sun glared down on us.
They fight like cats and dogs!
Love is a battlefield
23
DEFINITION: recalling events that occurred before the beginning of the story
Flashback
Dialogue
Climax
Conflict
24
DEFINITION: a logical guess about information that is not directly stated, based on information provided
Inference
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Point of View
25
What is the correct definition of plot?
Arrangement of events in a short story
Struggle against two elements within a person.
The order of events
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society
26
Who is the antagonist in a literary work?
The character that never changes
IDK
The chief character
The opposing character; the villain
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Identify the example of EXTERNAL conflict:
A character dealing with their own negative thoughts
A character that is dealing with a wild pack of wolves
I literally have no idea....
A character who is struggling with their feelings following an event
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DEFINITION: Exaggeration for dramatic effect; a figure of speech not to be taken literally
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
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DEFINITION: the order of events
Sequence
Plot
Repetition
Hyperbole
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What is the correct definition of point of view?
The order of events
Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told
Events in a story that increase the tension
The writer's attitude towards their audience and/or subject
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DEFINITION: hints or clues that suggest what is about to happen in the story.
Foreshadowing
Suspense
Symbol
Flashback
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Identify the correct example of alliteration:
He was drowning in a sea of grief.
My computer hates me!
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Heart surgery? It's only a minor operation.
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DEFINITION: the similarity of ending sounds existing between two or more words
Metaphor
Repetition
Rhyme
Tone
34
DEFINITION: reality vs. appearance; the recognition of what is and what seems to be (3 types)
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
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DEFINITION: the moment of highest intensity within a literary work
Rising Action
Sequence
Climax
Repetition

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