LITERARY TERMS

Question 1

The parts, components, or ingredients that make up stories are called ______

Accepted Answer

literary elements

Question 2

Act natural, near miss, and minor catastrophe are all examples of this literary device.

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 3

literal is to figurative as ____ is to _____ .

Accepted Answer

up is to down

Question 4

The author's _____ causes the reader's _____. If the story is gloomy, the reader will feel sad.

Accepted Answer

tone / mood

Question 5

Which of the following is a literary element because it is a necessary part of a story?

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 6

An adjective that means "having to do with literature" is ___________ .

Accepted Answer

literary

Question 7

An author uses foreshadowing to ____ .

Accepted Answer

make the reader want to keep reading

Question 8

What happens in a story is called plot. There are _______ parts to the plot of a story.

Accepted Answer

5

Question 9

Snap! Crackle! Pop! is an example of ____ .

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 10

Mike likes his bright kick-butt bike can be an example of both consonance (k sound, t sound) and _____.

Accepted Answer

assonance

Question 11

drawing a heart to represent love is an example of ____________________

Accepted Answer

symbolism

Question 12

In a story, it refers to an animal lover's house as Noah's Ark. This is an example of ______ .

Accepted Answer

an allusion

Question 13

A character who does change throughout the story is described as being _____ .

Accepted Answer

dynamic

Question 14

Some literary devices are often called poetic devices because they are often used in ____ .

Accepted Answer

poems

Question 15

My mom said her phone cost an arm and a leg. She is using _____ to say it was really expensive.

Accepted Answer

an idiom

Question 16

If you were to say, "My bookbag weighs a ton," you would be speaking ____ .

Accepted Answer

metphorically, hyperbolically, figuratively

Question 17

At the end of the story, it says, "The moral of the story is..." This is an example of ____ .

Accepted Answer

explicit theme

Question 18

To say the conflict is the "driving force" of the story means ____ .

Accepted Answer

it controls what happens in the story, it "drives" the action in the story, it is the force behind the plot

Question 19

Point of view is important in the story because _____ .

Accepted Answer

It changes how you, the reader, see the story.

Question 20

The difference between a simile and a metaphor is that a _______ uses the words like or as.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 21

A way in which a character might prove to be dynamic in a story is _____ .

Accepted Answer

He works to be a better friend.

Question 22

The term that means tools or techniques authors use in their writing is _____ .

Accepted Answer

literary devices

Question 23

The wind was whistling through the trees is an example of both _____ and _____ .

Accepted Answer

personification and imagery

Question 24

Why does an author use literary devices?

Accepted Answer

all of the above and many more reasons!

Question 25

The main problem or struggle in a story is called the ________ .

Accepted Answer

conflict

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