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Story Elements and Literary Terms/Techniques
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What device is shown in the following sentence: It is as cold as Alaska in this room.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
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Words that represent the SOUND of objects are known as
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
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When, where, and the time a story takes place is called the:
setting
plot
resolution
conflict
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What is mood?
the feeling that a piece of writing creates within a reader
the overall main message
a tone of the writing
the author's current state of mind
5
A prediction or hints of what will happen is called
Genre
Personification
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
6
The sequence of events in a story is the
Resolution
Setting
Conflict
Plot
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What is tone?
the mood in which the story is told
the main concept in the story
the overall idea of the story's feelings
the speaker's or narrator's attitude towards the subject
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The classroom was a zoo.
Is an example of?
Metaphor
Meter
Onomatopoeia
Simile
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What is the climax?
the only scene with action
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
the final scene
the ending of a problem
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When characters speak, it is called
Figurative language
Dialect
Dialogue
Mood
11
The main character is the
Protagonist
Meter
Dialect
Plot
12
A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is the
Protagonist
Conflict
Metaphor
Flashback
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“Life is like a box of chocolates” is an example of:
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Meter
Simile
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RANDOM: Who won the World Series in 2016?
White Sox
Red Sox
Yankees
Cubs
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Giving a thing, an idea, or an animal, human qualities is called
Imagery
Metaphore
Hyperbole
Personification
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The room was dark and freezing. No light was able to come through the heavy, scarlet curtains.
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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"This bag weighs a ton," is an example of:
Metaphore
Figurative Language
Simile
Hyperbole
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Use of figurative language to create visual representations of actions, objects and ideas
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Imagery
19
The weight of the snow made the world sag. Is an example of what literary device?
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
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When the climax or conflict is solved it is called the:
conflict
plot
resolution
setting
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What is the rising action?
the most intense part of the story
series of events build toward the point of greatest interest
the end of the story with a resolution
the climbing of a character to the top
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
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"Better butter always makes the batter better," is an example of:
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Imagery
24
The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the:
Conflict
Text Features
Mood
Protagonist
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View this video and tell me the literary device it represents.
onomatopeia
hyperbole
effect
personification
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Deliberate exaggeration of actions and ideas for the sake of emphasis
Hyperbole
Imagery
Figurative language
Simile