Literary Terms

Question 1

Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar typical of a geographical region

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dialect

Question 2

Alphabetical listing of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translations

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Glossary

Question 3

Short piece of nonfiction that expresses the writer's opinion or shares info

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essay

Question 4

Comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities

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metaphor

Question 5

Literary work that uses concise, colorful often rhythmic language to express ideas

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Poetry

Question 6

Comparison of two things using the word "like" or "as"

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simile

Question 7

Human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea

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personification

Question 8

Main character in a story, often a good or heroic type

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Protagonist

Question 9

Story originally passes from one generation to another by word of mouth

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folktale

Question 10

Everything that happens in a story

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Action

Question 11

A person in a story

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Character

Question 12

Lesson a story teaches

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Moral

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Highest point in the action of a story

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Climax

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Words that imitate sounds. Examples: hiss, buzz, swish, crunch

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onomatopoeia

Question 15

Made-up story is based on a real time and place in history

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Historical fiction

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Writing that attempts to show life as it really is

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Realistic Fiction

Question 17

Short story that often uses talking animals and teaches an explicit moral or lesson

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fable

Question 18

Person who actually tells the story

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Narrator

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Example: The fair breeze blew the white foam flew.

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alliteration

Question 20

Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself

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symbol

Question 21

Part of the book where you can find chapter and section page numbers

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Table of Contents

Question 22

Place and the time frame in which a story takes place

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Setting

Question 23

Message about life or human nature that is "the focus" in the story that the writer tells

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Theme

Question 24

Struggle or problem between two opposing forces in a story

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Conflict

Question 25

Alphabetical listing that gives page numbers or books where info can be found

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Index

Question 26

The conversation that characters have with one another

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Dialogue

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Technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts

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Irony

Question 28

I should rush through the test as fast as possible

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False

Question 29

Traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, includes gods and goddesses

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myth

Question 30

Writing that deals with life in a humorous way, often poking fun at people's mistakes

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comedy

Question 31

A writer's account of some other person's life

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biography

Question 32

Book that contains information on many subjects

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Encyclopedia

Question 33

Part of the story where the problem is solved

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Resolution

Question 34

Person or force that works against the hero of the story

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Antagonist

Question 35

I will do my best and keep going when I get tired.

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True

Question 36

Story or play involving a crime or secret activity and its gradual solution

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Mystery

Question 37

Type of book that provides information arranged for easy access

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Reference

Question 38

Action that makes up the story

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Plot

Question 39

Writing based on real or imaginary scientific developments and often set in the future

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Science Fiction

Question 40

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's sense

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imagery

Question 41

Story sharing facts and written in chronological order

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expository text

Question 42

I should get a good nights rest before the test

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True

Question 43

True writing, based on factual information

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Nonfiction

Question 44

A writer's story of his or her own life

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autobiography

Question 45

Feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader

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Mood

Question 46

Literary work whose content is based on the imagination and not on fact

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Fiction

Question 47

I should skip breakfast the day of the test

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False

Question 48

A book of maps

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Atlas

Question 49

Short story set in an imaginary world in which characters have supernatural powers

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fantasy

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Purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor

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hyperbole

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