Finals- Lit terms #3

Question 1

The lesson or the message in a literary text

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Theme

Question 2

This is the final sentence in your introduction in an essay; it states your claim; MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE

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Thesis

Question 3

A play that ends in sadness is called a "Tragedy"

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True

Question 4

"As your financial advisor, I do not think you should buy a boat." Which rhetorical device is demonstrated here?

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Ethos

Question 5

"Ogre's are like onions...they have layers" is an example of what?

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Simile

Question 6

When characters speak in a text, it is called _____

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Dialogue

Question 7

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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Denotation

Question 8

When a narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all or most of the characters:

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3rd person omniscient

Question 9

A type of work where everything is symbolic of a deeper meaning. Ex: Animal Farm

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Allegory

Question 10

This occurs after the climax in a story but before the end.

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Falling Action

Question 11

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Connotation

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

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I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse!

Question 13

A method of persuasion using facts, statistics, logic;

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Logos

Question 14

A rhetorical device that uses emotion to persuade somebody of something.

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Pathos

Question 15

What is the POV of the following: "I spoke lowly, in fear of being heard by my mother."

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1st Person

Question 16

When a narrator only knows the thoughts of one main character

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3rd Person Limited

Question 17

"To make lemonade, first you have to cut the lemons." Which POV is this example?

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2nd POV

Question 18

"Give much, give often, give freely." This is an example of an _____________.

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Anaphora

Question 19

Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.

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Personification

Question 20

"My ELA class is a breeze!" is an example of what?

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Metaphor

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