CHARACTERIZATION: Point of view

Who is doing the talking and how he thinks

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: hyperbole

An exaggeration that is so dramatic its hard to believe.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: alliteration

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound.

GENRE OF LITERATURE: Speech

Ability to express one's thoughts and emotions orally

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Resolution

Rounds out and concludes the action.

CHARACTERIZATION: Omniscient

The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can read minds

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: foreshadowing

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen next

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Conflict

Man versus man, society or self, The essence of fiction., It creates the plot.

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Rising Action

A series of events that builds from the conflict.

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: What best describes an 'except' from a story.

A passage or quote selected from a book, document, or film, A representative selection from a book or poem., Something taken from a whole., A quotation from a book.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: what is a simile.

Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare an object or idea

What is the tone of the story?

The author's attitude, stated or implied toward a subject.

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Theme

The main idea or underlying meaning.

CHARACTERIZATION: Protagonist

The main character in the story.

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Foil

A person who provides a contrast to the protagonist.

Symbolism in literature

A person, place or object which has a meaning.

GENRE OF LITERATURE: What is a biography?

Is a written account of another person's life.

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CHARACTERIZATION: Point of view
Narrator is an all-knowing outsider
Narrator is a character in the story
Who is doing the talking and how he thinks
The narrator who sees into the mind of one of the characters
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Climax
Events after the climax which close the story.
The result of the crisis.
Rounds out and concludes the action.
Events that builds from conflict.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: hyperbole
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given
States a fact or draws a picture by the use of comparison.
Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare objects
An exaggeration that is so dramatic its hard to believe.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: alliteration
Human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
States a fact or draws a verbal picture using comparisons.
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound.
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GENRE OF LITERATURE: Speech
Information based on fact present in a story format
Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement.
Ability to express one's thoughts and emotions orally
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotn
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Resolution
Event that triggers the conflict.
Use of hints to suggest what will happen next.
Events after the climax which close the story.
Rounds out and concludes the action.
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CHARACTERIZATION: Omniscient
An outsider who reports only what he or she sees and hears.
Outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
The narrator is a character who reveals personal thoughs
The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can read minds
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: foreshadowing
The event or character that triggers the conflict.
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen next
A series of events that builds from the conflict.
intro material which gives facts necessary to the story
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Conflict
Man versus man, society or self
The essence of fiction.
Event that triggers the conflict.
It creates the plot.
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Rising Action
The conflict reaches a turning point.
rounds out and concludes the action.
A series of events that builds from the conflict.
Triggers the conflict.
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: What best describes an 'except' from a story.
A passage or quote selected from a book, document, or film
A representative selection from a book or poem.
Something taken from a whole.
A quotation from a book.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: what is a simile.
A cliche or overused saying that has become trite.
Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare an object or idea
Peculiar to itself either grammatically
Draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
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What is the tone of the story?
An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events.
The author's attitude, stated or implied toward a subject.
A person, place or object which has meaning.
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Theme
The author's attitude, stated or implied toward a subject.
A person, place or object which has more than one meaning
Subject of a literary work
The main idea or underlying meaning.
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CHARACTERIZATION: Protagonist
Almost always flat or two-dimensional.
The main character in the story.
The character or force that opposes the dynamic character.
The narrator.
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Foil
A person who provides a contrast to the protagonist.
The narrator is an outsider who can read others' thoughts
The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
The main character in the story.
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Symbolism in literature
the main idea or underlying meaning
The climate of feeling
when the audience or reader knows more than the characters
A person, place or object which has a meaning.
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GENRE OF LITERATURE: What is a biography?
A story about supernatural or extraordinary people.
The history of a person's life, written by that person.
Is a written account of another person's life.
Literature that's subject is dramatic the way it is written.

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