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Literary Elements
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ESL Literary devices
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What is foreshadowing?
Who is involved in the story
What happened in the past
When the story hints that something is going to happen
What is true and what is something people believe
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What does it mean to "draw conclusions"?
to find the differences and similarities in the story
to find the problem
to say what the story means
to use clues from the story to figure out more of the story
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What is a fact? What is an opinion?
Something true. Something people believe.
The present. The past.
The language in the story. The images in the story.
The little things. The big things.
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What is a generalization?
the place where the story happens
An idea applied to many people
a person who is part of the story
the literary devices used to develop the story
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What is style?
the characters in the story
the central topic of the story
the author's unique way of writing
the page length
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What is an effect?
the change that is a result or consequence of the cause
the manner in which the story was written
a little thing that adds to the story.
the force that makes something happen
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What are details?
a prediction of the future
little things mentioned in the story
a glimpse from the past
what the reader thinks will happen
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What is an inference
What happens in the story
What we cannot conclude
How the story ends
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
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What is a narrator?
Who tells the story
how the story make you feel
how the story develops
the way in which the events of a story happen
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What is a character?
What makes the story happen
The result of what happens
Where the story takes place
A person in the story
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What is point of view?
what is likely to happen next in the story
where the story takes place
the meaning of the story
the view from which the story is narrated
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What does it mean to predict outcomes?
to find the perspective of the story
to find the good character in the story
to find the main idea of the story
to imagine how the story will end
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What is summary?
little things that add to the story
what will happen in the future
a memory
an account of the main points of the story
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What is symbolism?
A memory from the past
Where the story takes place
How the story is written. How it "sounds"
The order in which the story happens
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What is tone?
how the reader feels while reading
something many people believe
the manner of expression in writing
what will happen
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What is the main idea?
what happened in the story
the ending
the big point of the story
the problem in the story
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What does it mean to compare and contrast?
the reason for writing a story
to think about what will happen
To find the similarities and differences between two things
the central topic
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What is plot?
an object represents something greater than itself
the main character
the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end
the problem of the story
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What is the sequence of events?
the effect
the cause
The order in which the events happen
The place in which the story happens
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What is author's purpose?
The reason the author writes the story
How the story is written
things that are true and things that are beliefs
who tells the story
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What is theme?
differences and similiraties
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
the central point of the story
something we can guess
22
What is conflict in a story?
little things that add to the story
The solution
The main problem of the story
something we can conclude
23
What is mood?
the perspective of the story
the lesson of the story
how the reader feels
the authors manner of expression
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What is a cause?
The purpose of the story.
The result.
What makes something happen
The central topic of the story.
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What is the antagonist/protagonist?
the results of something
the major character/the person against the major character
how the reader feels
what creates something
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What is setting?
how the story is written
the problem of the story
how the reader feels
The place where the story takes place
