Level Two: Literary Devices and Making Connections

Question 1

What is an inference?

Accepted Answer

a conclusion made based on examining details in the story

Question 2

What element of fiction can help you figure out the tone or mood of a text?

Accepted Answer

pretty much all of them

Question 3

What is characterization?

Accepted Answer

How a character is introduced and described throughout the story

Question 4

"He was tall, with dark hair and a devastating smile." is an example of indirect characterization

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Why is diction important in a story?

Accepted Answer

It allows us to figure out the author's intention

Question 6

When we first start reading, we must identify the...

Accepted Answer

Setting, Characters

Question 7

How can inferences help us understand a text a more complete way?

Accepted Answer

They allow the reader to fill in missing details in a conclusive way

Question 8

3rd person can be split into two categories:

Accepted Answer

Limited and Omniscient

Question 9

What is external conflict?

Accepted Answer

A problem or conflict that affects everyone in the story

Question 10

Direct characterization is when...

Accepted Answer

A narrator tells the reader what a character looks like, etc., When a narrator "tells" instead of "shows"

Question 11

Think of the following analogy: you are a detective investigating a murder. What is the first thing you notice?

Accepted Answer

what the scene looks like

Question 12

Author's purpose is the intent or reason for writing. What are the 4 main purposes?

Accepted Answer

Inform, Entertain, Persuade, Critique

Question 13

How does characterization help us understand a text in a deeper way?

Accepted Answer

It helps a reader infer, identify, and understand motivations in a text

Question 14

The theme is the moral, lesson, or message the story is intended to tell.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

How is the Author's Purpose different than the theme in a text?

Accepted Answer

Author's purpose is more broad, while theme helps narrow the message, Author's Purpose is an author's intent, while theme is the main idea

Question 16

How does conflict allow us to understand a story?

Accepted Answer

It can help us understand the theme, It can hint at our character's motivations, It is the central idea in a story

Question 17

First person point of view uses the pronouns I, me, we, etc.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

All of these literary devices help us understand the story by connecting and expanding to the 6 elements of fiction.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

After identifying the 6 basic elements of fiction, we have to identify...

Accepted Answer

POV

Question 20

What is internal conflict?

Accepted Answer

A problem the character has within themselves

Question 21

What are the three points of view?

Accepted Answer

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Question 22

The point of view in a story is...

Accepted Answer

who is telling the story

Questions 22