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Literary Elements
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ESL Literary devices
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What is tone?
something many people believe
how the reader feels while reading
the author's manner of expression in writing
what will happen
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What does it mean to predict outcomes?
to find the good character in the story
to imagine how the story will end
to find the main idea of the story
to find the perspective of the story
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What is the main idea?
the problem in the story
the ending
what happened in the story
the big point of the story
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What is a cause?
The purpose of the story.
The result.
The central topic of the story.
What makes something happen
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What is a narrator?
Who tells the story
how the story make you feel
the way in which the events of a story happen
how the story develops
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What is the sequence of events?
The place in which the story happens
the cause
The order in which the events happen
the effect
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What is the antagonist/protagonist?
the results of something
what creates something
the major character/the person against the major character
how the reader feels
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What is plot?
the problem of the story
an object represents something greater than itself
the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end
the main character
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What does it mean to "draw conclusions"?
to say what the story means
to find the problem
to find the differences and similarities in the story
to use clues from the story to figure out more of the story
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What is summary?
what will happen in the future
little things that add to the story
an account of the main points of the story
a memory
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What is theme?
the central point of the story
something we can guess
differences and similiraties
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
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What is point of view?
where the story takes place
the meaning of the story
the view from which the story is narrated
what is likely to happen next in the story
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What is author's purpose?
How the story is written
The reason the author writes the story
who tells the story
things that are true and things that are beliefs
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What is an inference
What we cannot conclude
What happens in the story
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
How the story ends
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What is symbolism?
Where the story takes place
A memory from the past
The order in which the story happens
Something that represents something bigger
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What is setting?
the problem of the story
how the reader feels
how the story is written
The place where the story takes place
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What is a character?
A person in the story
Where the story takes place
What makes the story happen
The result of what happens
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What is style?
the central topic of the story
the page length
the author's unique way of writing
the characters in the story
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What is a fact? What is an opinion?
The present. The past.
The language in the story. The images in the story.
The little things. The big things.
Something true. Something people believe.
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What does it mean to compare and contrast?
the central topic
To find the similarities and differences between two things
the reason for writing a story
to think about what will happen
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What are details?
little things mentioned in the story
a prediction of the future
a glimpse from the past
what the reader thinks will happen
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What is conflict in a story?
little things that add to the story
something we can conclude
The main problem of the story
The solution
23
What is a generalization?
An idea applied to many people
the literary devices used to develop the story
a person who is part of the story
the place where the story happens
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What is an effect?
the manner in which the story was written
the change that is a result or consequence of the cause
a little thing that adds to the story.
the force that makes something happen
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What is mood?
the lesson of the story
the author's manner of expression in writing
how the reader feels
the perspective of the story
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What is foreshadowing?
What happened in the past
What is true and what is something people believe
When the story hints that something is going to happen
Who is involved in the story
