WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

Question 1

Hyperbole

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Exaggerating to make a point

Question 2

The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

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Theme

Question 3

The sequence of events in a story

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Plot

Question 4

Something that represents something else.

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Symbol

Question 5

A reference to something well known from literature, history, pop culture or other source

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Allusion

Question 6

Why is a large vocabulary important?

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It helps you become more fluent, It helps you be have more stamina, All of the above, It helps you to read better and faster

Question 7

Writing Voice

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Your personal writing style and topics

Question 8

The feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage.

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Mood

Question 9

An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally: "Get your head out of the clouds"

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Idiom

Question 10

The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction.

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Dialogue

Question 11

Identity

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Who you say that you are

Question 12

A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

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Analogy

Question 13

A scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order

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Flashback

Question 14

Making an effort to convince someone of your idea or opinion.

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Persuasion

Question 15

A story in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Personification

Question 16

Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject

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Use to analyze reading or speaking.

Question 17

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

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Metaphor

Question 18

A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared, using "like," "as," or "seems"

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Simile

Question 19

A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

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Character

Question 20

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).

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Tone

Question 21

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.

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Foreshadowing

Question 22

Culture

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The way of life for a group of people

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