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Literary Devices & Point of View
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A quiz on #language arts, #literary devices, and #point of view
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What is direct characterization
writer tells you exactly what the character is like
the character's private thoughts
observing the character
discovery about human existence
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What are the complications in a story?
what happens in a story
the characters problems
what the character does
Turning points, or problems leading up to climax
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What is a novella?
a book about science
a mini story written in French
a short novel
a long short story
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What is indirect characterization?
a lesson in a story
a discovery about human existence
give an inanimate object life
you have to observe to see what the character is like
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What is an essay?
short piece of writing about a particular subject
a story about science
a boring story
a discovery about life
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What are three types of point of views?
third person, omniscient, fourth person
first person, second person, omniscient
omniscient, fourth person, first person
first person, fourth person, fifth person
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What is the theme of a story?
what happens in a story
what a character thinks
what the main character does
revelation about life, a life lesson
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What is the resolution in a story?
problem is resolved, the loose ends of the story are tied up
what the author writes to solve the character's problems
what the characters do to win
what happens to the characters
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What is foreshadowing?
Hinting at future events
The author says the character is in the shade
The character is cold
The characters team up to win
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What is the climax in a story?
what happens in a story
where the tension or action reaches it's highest point
what are the characters' actions
what the characters think
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What is the plot of a story?
what happens in a story
what doesn't happen in a story
what happens to the character
what happens to the character's best friend
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What is a short story?
a story about science
a paragraph
a history book
story with a theme & plot, but shorter than a novel
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What is a fictional story?
a book about history
a book written in another language
literature in the form of prose, EX: short stories, novels
a story about science
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What is external conflict?
what the character thinks
struggle against another person, group, or force of nature
what goes on in the character's mind
what happens in a story
