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A Quiz challenge to gather a baseline for students' knowledge of literary devices.
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Used in literature when one thing is meant to represent something else. (i.e. A mockingbird)
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Understatement
Imagery
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A short tale to teach a moral lesson, usually involving animals. (i.e. The Tortoise & the Hare)
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Fable
Theme
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A literary device in which the writer gives a hint of what is to come later in the story.
Flashback
Tone
Theme
Foreshadowing
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The ________, or the way a reader feels while reading, can frequently shift in a story.
Theme
Mood
Verbal Irony
Tone
5
Scout is narrating TKAM as an adult, retelling events from her childhood - an example of...
Tone
Fable
Foreshadowing
Flashback
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Scout, is the _____________, of TKAM, telling the story as an adult, recounting her childhood.
Narrator
Understatement
Simile
Hyperbole
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When the audience or readers are more aware of what is happening than the character.
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
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TKAM is narrated through the eyes of Scout Finch. Which point of view is this?
Third person, omniscient point of view
Third person, multiple point of view
Third person, limited point of view
First person point of view
9
"I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it."
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Verbal Irony
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Uses he/she/it, but the narrator knows everything and can see inside the minds of others.
First person point of view
Third person, multiple point of view
Third person, limited point of view
Third person, omniscient point of view
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A decisive moment or turning point in a story. Sometimes a "crisis" point in the plot.
Falling Action
Resolution
Rising Action
Climax
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A message conveyed or a lesson learned from a story, a poem, or an event.
Theme
Tone
Moral
Mood
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Who is the protagonist in
To Kill a Mockingbird?
Jem
Tom Robinson
Scout
Atticus
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An expression designed to call something to mind without expressing it explicitly.
Flashback
Diction
Allusion
Internal Conflict
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Jem uses words like "yonder," "reckon," "breeches," and "naw." This is an example of...
Fable
Dialect
Foreshadowing
Diction
16
Scout knows how to read and write and Miss Caroline is infuriated by this.
External Conflict
Rising Action
Falling Action
Internal Conflict
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A writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important than it is.
Simile
Understatement
Metaphor
Hyperbole
18
Harper Lee wrote
TKAM
to inform readers of race relations in the south. What is this called?
First Person Point of View
Allusion
Author's Purpose
Theme
19
Scout, Jem, and Dill become fascinated with Boo. This is an example of which plot element?
Rising Action
Climax
Exposition
Falling Action
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Happens after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
Exposition
Falling Action
Rising Action
Resolution
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When Atticus comes to the decision to defend Tom Robinson...this is an example of what?
Internal Conflict
Falling Action
Rising Action
External Conflict
22
A character who is multi-dimensional and complex. For example, Scout Finch.
Flat Character
Static Character
Round Character
Dynamic Character
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"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town..." is an example of which lit. device?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
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Value of Education, Social Inequality, and Coming of Age are all ___________ in TKAM.
Moods
Tones
Themes
Motifs
25
The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
26
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town..." is an example of which plot element?
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
Rising Action
27
A character who is not very developed. For example, Boo Radley.
Flat Character
Static Character
Round Character
Dynamic Character
28
A character who changes over the course of the story. For example, Jem Finch.
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
Round Character
Static Character
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The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
30
A character who stays the same throughout a story. For example, Dill and Miss Caroline.
Round Character
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
Static Character
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"What in the sam hell are you doin' Walter? This is an example of...
Flashback
Diction
Dialect
Foreshadowing
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What is the author's attitude toward the subject?
Tone
Theme
Author's Purpose
Mood
33
A character or group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist.
Dynamic Character
Round Character
Antagonist
Static Character
34
"[Miss Caroline] looked and smelled like a peppermint drop."
Verbal Irony
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
35
"On the days he carried the watch, Jem
walked on eggs
." This is an example of...
A metaphor
An Understatement
A hyperbole
An idiom
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The conclusion of a story; conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up.
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
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POV is restricted to only one character. Readers only know what the character knows.
First person point of view
Third person, multiple point of view
Third person, limited point of view
Third person, omnisicient point of view
