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Literary Elements and Devices (easy level)
Literary Elements and Devices (easy level)
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#Vocabulary #Grade9 An #ELA review of #LiteraryElements
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What is the term for the reader's feelings towards a text?
tone
mood
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What is the term for a comparison that uses "like," "as," "so," or "than."
metaphor
simile
3
What is the term for a situation that contradicts itself?
equinox
paradox
4
What is the term for a character whose qualities contrast with another character's?
foil
plastic wrap
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What is the term for something in the story that represents something else?
juxatposition
symbol
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What is the term for hinting at what will happen later in the story?
foreshadowing
tension
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What is the term for the character who opposes the main character in a story?
antagonist
protagonist
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What is the
literary
term for a struggle between two opposing forces?
conflict
fight
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What is the term for the way a piece of writing makes you (the reader) feel?
mood
tone
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What's the term for an interruption in the story to reflect on something that already happened?
fast forward
flashback
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What is the term for words that are descriptive and help you imagine something in a story?
imagery
senses
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What is the term for when the opposite of what you expect happens?
irony
vacuumy
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What is the term for the message of a story or piece of writing?
the theme
the answer
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What is the term for where and when a story takes place?
plot
setting
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What is the term for the author's attitude toward a subject?
tone
mood
16
The beginning of a story describing the setting and characters for background is called?
falling action
exposition
climax
rising action
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What is the term for when the tension eases in the story?
rising action
climax
falling action
exposition
18
What is the
literary
term for extreme over-exaggeration?
hyperbole
drama
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What is the term for when non-human things are given human characteristics?
personification
personalization
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What is the term for the end of the story where the problem is solved?
resolution
exposition
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What is the term for a comparison that does not use "like," "as," or other connecting words?
simile
metaphor
22
What is the term for the main character in a story?
protagonist
antagonist
23
What is the term for the events that add tension to the conflict?
falling action
rising action
climax
exposition
24
What is the term for the most exciting or tense point in a story?
rising action
falling action
climax
exposition
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What is the term for a phrase with two words that contradict each other?
oxymoron
paradox
