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Literary Devices & Point of View
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A quiz on #language arts, #literary devices, and #point of view
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What is a fictional story?
literature in the form of prose, EX: short stories, novels
a book about history
a story about science
a book written in another language
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What are the complications in a story?
what the character does
Turning points, or problems leading up to climax
the characters problems
what happens in a story
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What is external conflict?
what happens in a story
what goes on in the character's mind
what the character thinks
struggle against another person, group, or force of nature
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What is the theme of a story?
what happens in a story
what the main character does
revelation about life, a life lesson
what a character thinks
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What is an essay?
a boring story
short piece of writing about a particular subject
a discovery about life
a story about science
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What are three types of point of views?
first person, fourth person, fifth person
third person, omniscient, fourth person
omniscient, fourth person, first person
first person, second person, omniscient
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What is the resolution in a story?
what the author writes to solve the character's problems
problem is resolved, the loose ends of the story are tied up
what the characters do to win
what happens to the characters
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What is direct characterization
discovery about human existence
writer tells you exactly what the character is like
observing the character
the character's private thoughts
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What is a novella?
a book about science
a short novel
a mini story written in French
a long short story
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What is the climax in a story?
what happens in a story
what the characters think
where the tension or action reaches it's highest point
what are the characters' actions
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What is foreshadowing?
The character is cold
The author says the character is in the shade
The characters team up to win
Hinting at future events
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What is a short story?
a story about science
story with a theme & plot, but shorter than a novel
a history book
a paragraph
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What is indirect characterization?
give an inanimate object life
a lesson in a story
a discovery about human existence
you have to observe to see what the character is like
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What is the plot of a story?
what happens to the character's best friend
what happens in a story
what doesn't happen in a story
what happens to the character
