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