What is the definition of alliteration?

a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

The resolution to a story could be one of the following:

Detective scatters ashes of the friendless victim.

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

Life slapped me up the side of the face.

What is the definition of a simile?

compares words in a sentence using words: as & like

Describes one thing as if it were another

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What is the definition of alliteration?
a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
repetition of a vowel sound followed by different consonants
repeated use of a sound, word or phrase
repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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The resolution to a story could be one of the following:
Wolf will huff and puff & not be able to blow the house down
Detective scatters ashes of the friendless victim.
bad things happening to characters
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A storyline that exists side by side with the main story
parallel story
parallel episode
sub story
subplot
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Conflict between the main character & another character/group of characters or nature
implicit
explicit
external
Internal
5
Which is a type of poetry defined by lack of structure (does not have to rhyme)
concrete
Haiku
limerick
free verse
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The returning to an earlier moment in literary time, usually through a character's reminiscing.
Flashback
parallel episode
conflict
chronological order
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Which is NOT an example of a simile?
The rain sounded like bullets
She is as slow as a turtle
Life slapped me up the side of the face.
His eyes were as black as coal
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use of words that imitate sounds
assonance
personification
rhyme
onomatopoeia
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A secondary or less important plot is
subplot
midplot
second plot
plot
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Conflict between main character & their conscience/a strong emotion that has to be overcome
internal
explicit
external
implicit
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What is the definition of a simile?
makes something completely different by renaming it
one object is like another by speaking of it as if it were
compares words in a sentence using words: as & like
act of giving non-living things human characteristics
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Which is NOT an example of a metaphor?
The snow is a white blanket
He has a heart of a lion
The detective’s face was wood as he listened to her stor
He was strong as an ox.
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What is a metaphor?
use of words that imitate sound
Describes one thing as if it were another
Uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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The patterns of events in a story is called....
plot
conflict
resolution
climax

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