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A vocabulary Quiz reviewing literary terms.
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A person who is not central to the plot in a story, play, or other literary work.
subplot
minor character
major character
narrative
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The most exciting or suspenseful part of the story.
point of view
rising action
climax
imagery
3
A scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a PAST event.
flashback
theme
climax
personification
4
A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work. A lesson about life.
character
theme
plot
imagery
5
A contrast of what is expected and what really happens.
mood
irony
plot
character
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A comparison of two different things using the word like or as.
imagery
hyperbole
simile
alliteration
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The author reveals the setting, characters, and situation before the conflict begins.
resolution
exposition
falling action
rising action
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A series of related events that make up a story.
theme
plot
falling action
mood
9
The time and place of a story.
character
setting
rising action
exposition
10
The vantage point from which the story is told.
protagonist
mood
point of view
foreshadowing
11
Words that sound like their meaning.
theme
idiom
irony
omomatopoeia
12
The repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other.
imagery
personification
alliteration
theme
13
An over exaggeration used for affect.
hyperbole
metaphor
flashback
similie
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A character that opposes the main character of the story.
paradox
antagonist
personification
protagonist
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A direct comparison of two unlike things saying that one "is" the other.
plot
metaphor
simile
contradicting
