Literary elements, literary techniques, and rhetorical devices

Question 1

The attitude a writer takes toward his/her subject (how the author feels)

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Tone

Question 2

Narration focuses on only one character, using "he" or "she"

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Third person limited

Question 3

The means by which a writer reveals a character's personality

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Characterization

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Scene that interrupts the action to show an event that happened earlier

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Flashback

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The central character of a literary work

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Protagonist

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Figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things using a comparison word (like, as, than, resembles)

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Simile

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Unrhymed verse that has either no metrical pattern or an irregular pattern

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Free Verse

Question 8

The one who tells the story

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Narrator

Question 9

The general idea or insight about life that a writer conveys in a literary work

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Theme

Question 10

A brief story of an interesting episode or event

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Anecdote

Question 11

When there is a struggle within a character (man vs. himself), it is known as an ______ _______

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Internal conflict

Question 12

Presents an opposing perspective that refutes a central claim

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Counterclaim

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The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words

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Alliteration

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The narrator of a poem

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Speaker

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Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

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Foreshadowing

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The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur

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Setting

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Word choice

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Diction

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A person or force opposing the protagonist

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Antagonist

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A question introduced for its effect; doesn't require a reply or intend to prompt a reply

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Rhetorical Question

Question 20

Words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind (appeals to the senses)

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Imagery

Question 21

Word order; the rule-governed arrangement or words in a sentence

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Syntax

Question 22

Figure of speech that gives human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects

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Personification

Question 23

Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense

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Figurative language

Question 24

Narrator is an all-knowing observer who can describe/comment on all characters and actions

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Third person omniscient

Question 25

The emotional coloring of the literary work (how the reader feels)

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Mood

Question 26

The basic meaning of a word (dictionary definition)

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Denotation

Question 27

The vantage point or perspective from which a narrative is told

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Point of View

Question 28

The prevailing tone or mood of a literary work, (usually established by setting or landscape)

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Atmosphere

Question 29

Figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between unlike things

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Metaphor

Question 30

When there is a struggle, such as: man vs. man; man vs. society; man vs. nature; man vs. God

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External conflict

Question 31

Figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement, for special effect

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Hyperbole

Question 32

A struggle between two opposing forces or characters

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Conflict

Question 33

A clearly stated inference that arises from close reading of a text

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Claim

Question 34

The emotional implications and associations that words may carry

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Connotation

Question 35

Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and stands for something else

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Symbol

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The story is told by one of the characters, using "I"

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First person

Question 37

Contrast between what is stated and what is meant; or between what is expected and what occurs

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Irony

Literary elements, literary techniques, and rhetorical devices

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