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Duplicate of Literary Devices
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This is a review of literary terms used in novels, poetry, and short stories.
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The moment when the story reaches its greatest conflict. High Point
climax
conflict
difficulty
theme
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True or False - The title of a novel should be in quotes and underlined.
False
True
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This is a true story.
realistic fiction
science fiction
nonfiction
fiction
4
When a line, phrase, or word is repeated more than once to make a point. Used a lot in poetry.
rhyme
irony
repetition
alliteration
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This part of speech is used to modify adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. They usually end in "LY"
adverb
adjective
verb
article
6
Romeo, save me, "I've been feeling so alone." - T. Swift
metaphor
allusion
music
onomatopeoia
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An implied comparison stating one thing is another. ie You are my sunny day!
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
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Who is the Westchester County author famous for his folk tales?
Edgar Allen Poe
Washington Irving
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Your concluding paragraph's last sentence should
be a zinger
rephrase your thesis statement
make the reader laugh
make the reader cry
10
This part of speech describes nouns.
verb
adjective
adverb
interjection
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The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning. ie. buzz, pop, bang, hiss, moo, sizzle
personification
soundy words
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
12
The main problem (the source of drama and tension) in the story.
climax
character
conflict
setting
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Direct quotes always have to be dialogue from the text.
True
False
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"You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium."
simile
metaphor
repetition
personification
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"It was raining cats and dogs" is an example of what literary device?
interjection
idiom
irony
alliteration
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"I came in like a wrecking ball."
metaphor
personification
simile
rhyme
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If you are a diligent student, diligent means
bored
imaginative
hard working
lazy
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A fictional story involving people, places, and events that could happen.
fiction
nonfiction
science fiction
realistic fiction
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A kind or type of literary or artistic work.
genre
books
the Mona Lisa
poetry
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This narrator tells the thoughts, words, & actions of everyone in the story. He, she, they
3rd person
1st Person
2nd person
4th person
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The main lesson, idea, or message the author wants to express to you, the reader.
conflict
theme
plot
gist
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The red fern in Where the Red Fern Grows is an example of what literary device?
love
alliteration
symbolism
metaphor
23
Your final exam essay should do all of the following except:
end with a zinger
use direct quotes
prove a point
use I.
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A fictional story set in a specific time period or during an actual historical event.
historical fiction
true fiction
realistic fiction
nonfiction
25
There are only three of these in the English language: a, an, the
adverbs
adjectives
articles
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What is a moral?
lesson learned
setting
plot
climax
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Wow! Yikes! OMG! are all examples of what part of speech?
prepositions
pronouns
interjections
interrogative
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An example of a realistic fiction novel would be
Fish in a Tree
Helen Keller: The Story of my Life
Terrible Typhoid Mary
Boys who Challenged Hitler
29
"Here comes bad news talking this and that."
rhyme
personification
simile
metaphor
30
A story passed on by word of mouth like Rip Van Winkle or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
fable
folktale
telephone tale
scary stories
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The author's attitude toward the topic he or she is writing about
emotion
feeling
mood
tone
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Person, place, thing or idea
pronoun
noun
adjective
verb
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When the opposite of what is expected happens.
irony
hyperbole
personification
simile
34
Writing that involves science and technology, may even include aliens & space.
historical fiction
science fiction
realistic fiction
nonfiction
35
I, you, he, she, they, we, me are all examples of what part of speech?
preoposition
verb
pronoun
noun
36
Proper nouns always begin with
capital letters
punctuation
lower case letters
grammar
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The character tells the story from his/her point of view. I and me are the primary pronouns.
4th person
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
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A comparison using "like" or "as" to give the object more familiar characteristics.
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
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Ten tired turtles on a Tuttle-Tuttle tree is an example of what literary device?
irony
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
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This is the person telling the story.
narrator
teacher
story teller
orator
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An imaginary story. Not a true story
nonfiction
biography
fiction
autobiography
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The feeling of a piece of literature - feeling the reader experiences
mood
irony
tone
sound
43
Another word for TRAIT is
personification
hair style
characteristic
descriptive words
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Pronouns are used to take the place of what part of speech?
other pronouns
nouns
preposition
adjectives
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A story usually involving animals that teaches a moral or lesson.
folktale
fable
tall tale
fiction
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The addition of an earlier event into the normal chronological sequence of a narrative.
alliteration
irony
flashback
hyperbole
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Sequence of events in a story.
plot
setting
rising action
theme
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This is the time and place in which the story takes place.
introduction
setting
climax
conflict
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Your topic sentence should always
Be a direct quote
Answer the question
Trick the reader
Be interesting
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An intentional exaggeration in order to make a point - I have a ton of homework!
simile
personification
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
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Repeating the last sound of a word. It is used a lot in poetry and songs.
repetition
personification
onomatopoeia
rhyme
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This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
verb
adverb
noun
adjective
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Someone left laptop on the desk. It needs to be put away.
his or her
her
their
his
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How are you doing with this game? What part of speech is the word "are"?
noun
verb
pronoun
adverb
55
This narration is mostly used in poetry. The pronoun "you" is mostly used.
1st person
4th person
3rd person
2nd person
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When human qualities are given to non living objects. The flowers danced in the wind.
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
metaphor
