Duplicate of Figurative Language, Poetic Devices, and Literary Elements

Question 1

In order to pass 8th grade, you must achieve AT LEAST the ____ percentile on the NWEA

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24

Question 2

The way the author or narrator feels while writing or telling a story

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tone

Question 3

The protagonist in the book Whirligig

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Brent

Question 4

A character that the reader knows very limited information about

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flat

Question 5

The main character in a story that is USUALLY good and has to resolve a conflict is the...

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protagonist

Question 6

A comparison between two unlike things

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metaphor

Question 7

When words are spelled similarly so they APPEAR to rhyme (but don't actually rhyme)

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sight rhyme, eye rhyme

Question 8

An extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 9

The use of hints/clues that give the reader an idea about what will happen later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 10

Words that sound like sounds are...

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onomatopoeia

Question 11

A conflict in which a character has tension with another character

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Person vs. Person

Question 12

A word that means the SAME as another word

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synonym

Question 13

A character that stays the same throughout the story

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static

Question 14

A word that describes a character's personality or mannerism

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trait

Question 15

You ALWAYS need this when you write a 3-part response

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page, chapter, or paragraph numbers

Question 16

The word "cheap" can have both a positive AND negative...

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connotation

Question 17

When an author uses descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses

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imagery

Question 18

Background knowledge (what you already know about a topic) can also be called...

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schema

Question 19

A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

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simile

Question 20

The repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase

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assonance

Question 21

The LEAST common point of view used by authors

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second person

Question 22

When a character within the story tells the story using "I, me, my" etc, this is...

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first person

Question 23

A reference to the Bible, mythology, historical people or events, or classic literature

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allusion

Question 24

A story told by an outside narrator who knows every characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions

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third person omniscient

Question 25

"The breeze billowed beneath the blankets" is an example of

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alliteration

Question 26

A conflict in which a character can not make up his or her mind about something

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Person vs. Self

Question 27

When the plot of the story hits the highest point

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climax

Question 28

What was the name of the protagonist in The Breadwinner

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Parvana

Question 29

ISN stands for

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interactive student notebook

Question 30

The denotation of a word is the...

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the dictionary definition

Question 31

"The dean of students is the Hitler of our school" is an example of a(n)

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allusion

Question 32

A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word

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antonym

Question 33

When you use the words around an unknown word to figure out the meaning you are using...

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context clues

Question 34

A character that goes through change(s) throughout the plot of the story

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dynamic

Question 35

When you say one thing but you mean something different

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irony

Question 36

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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personification

Question 37

When the problem is the story is solved or fixed

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resolution

Question 38

The protagonist in the book Chains was...

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Isabel

Question 39

Poems always have to rhyme

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false

Question 40

"If you do the crime, you do the time" is an example of

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internal rhyme, true rhyme

Question 41

How the reader feels while reading a text

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mood

Question 42

Finding the pattern of rhymes in a poem is called the...

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rhyme scheme

Question 43

The time and place of a story

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setting

Question 44

An interruption in the sequence of events to go back to an earlier time

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flashback

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The repetition of a phrase

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anaphora

Duplicate of Figurative Language, Poetic Devices, and Literary Elements

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Duplicate of Figurative Language, Poetic Devices, and Literary Elements

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