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The opponent or enemy of the main character is the...
simile
symbol
protagonist
antagonist
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What is a simile?
The way an author reveals a character's personality
The main or central character in the story
The feelings a reader gets from the story
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
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The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature is the...
theme
mood
characterization
symbol
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What is dialogue?
The conversation between characters in a work of literature
The central or dominating idea
The sequence of events in a story
When two unlike things are compared using like or as
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What is a theme?
A comparison using like or as
The central idea; the "message"
The sequence of events in a story
A struggle between opposing forces
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What is hyperbole?
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
The way an author reveals a character's personality
Describing animals, objects, or ideas with human qualities
The feelings the reader gets from a story
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Using language to portray sensory experiences using the five senses is...
foreshadowing
imagery
personification
onomatopoeia
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The perspective from which the story is told is the...
mood
setting
conflict
point of view
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison using like or as
Compares two unlike things to reveal a quality or aspect
Language used to portray sensory experiences using 5 senses
The central or dominating idea
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Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities/emotions:
alliteration
mood
personification
characterization
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Where a story takes place (time period, location, characteristics of surroundings) is its...
Setting
Conflict
Mood
Point of View
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Words that imitate the sounds of what they describe are called...
onomatopoeia
conflict
hyperbole
imagery
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What is alliteration?
The feelings a reader gets from the story
When two or more words in a group begin with the same letter
The central or dominating idea
The sequence of events in a story
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An object, setting, event, animal, or person that is itself, but also has another meaning is a
metaphor
symbol
flashback
plot
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Foreshadowing is...
the environment of the story (place, time, location)
a struggle between opposing forces
describing animals, objects, or ideas with human qualities
a clue or hint about something that is going to happen later
