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A quiz about Literary Devices. Select the right answer for the definition.
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the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, often the opposite
irony
mood
feeling
stop
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The villain of a story, opposes the main character.
Protagonist
Hero
Antagonist
Narrator
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a character thinks he/she can compare with the gods
hello
hero
hubris
hymn
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an object that represents something abstract
mood
Starbucks
personification
symbol
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a direct comparison using the word is
meatloaf
smile
simile
metaphor
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What is a Protagonist in a story?
The villain
The Main character
The Hero
The dragon
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The significant life lessons in a story
resolution
plot
theme
setting
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What is the exposition of a story?
the grass and sky
the place it takes place
the background info of a story
the animals
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The voice in the story, speech, or poem different from the author
Protagonist
Antagonist
Narrator
Author
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a clue early in the story that indicates what will occur later
time machine
foreshadowing
Back to the Future
flashback
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the concluding event of a story
rising action
exposition
resolution
setting
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the events that occur in a story, or the twists and turns of the plot
conclusion
plot
falling action
rising action
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The concluding events in the story.
falling action
rising action
resolution
climax
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the overall feeling/emotion of a story or poem
irony
story
poem
mood
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the sequence of events that occur in a story
plot
ending
setting
exposition
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a human with god-like characteristics sometimes a demi-god
hubris
hero
hiro
his
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when the current timeline of a story reverts to an earlier time frame
flashback
dog
time machine
foreshadowing
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an animal or object is given human characteristics
Garfield
person
personification
personality
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one text refers to another particularly the Bible, Greek Mythology, or Shakespeare
allusion
Shakespeare
relation
old person
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What is the setting in a story?
where and when it takes place
why and how it takes places
when and how it takes place
why and where it takes place
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the specific word an author uses for effect
diction
words
dictionary
conjunction
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The emotional high point of the main character in a story.
Exposition
Climax
Rising Action
Resolution
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The central problem or issue thats resolved in the plot
99 problems
surprise
conflict
problem
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a description that appeals to one of the five senses
diction
hero
simile
imagery
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a comparison between two different things using the words like or as
smile
meatloaf
simile
metaphor
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conversation between characters
character
dialogue
talking
questions
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the perspective or angle from which a story is told
narrator
diction
point of view
theme
