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Literary Terms 8th grade
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The facts, data, and expert opinions used to support a claim...
evidence
Claim
counterclaim
rebuttal
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The person/character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem...
narrator
point of view
the speaker
storyteller
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The use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe.
hyperbole
limerick
nonverbal
onomatopoeia
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The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word.
denotation
dictionary
connotation
debate
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A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.
simile
metaphor
myth
motif
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An argument that opposes a claim..
Claim
rebuttal
counterclaim
evidence
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The teller of a story is a character in the story.
first person pov
3rd person limited
3rd person
omniscient pov
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The contrast between what is said and what is meant...
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
None of the above
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An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
humor
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How a story makes the reader feel.
humor
mood
tone
imagery
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What is imagery?
The writer's attitude towards a subject.
Language that appeals to the five senses.
Hints the writer gives about what may happen.
The way the text makes the reader feel.
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The exact, literal meaning of a word.
definition
connotation
dictionary
denotation
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A figure of speech that cannot be defined literally.
inference
image
limerick
idiom
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"Do you love candy?" I asked my friend Roxie. I always make friends with other people.
Third-Person Limited
Third-Person Omniscient
Second-Person Point of View
First-Person Point of View
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The struggle between oposing forces in a story.
conflict
conclusion
connotation
climax
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A kind of metaphor that gives objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.
pun
point of view
prose
personification
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The author's basic belief about a topic, issue, event, or topic
rebuttal
evidence
counterclaim
Claim
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The events that give the reader time, place, and who the protagonist is in a story.
rising action
inciting event
resolution
exposition
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What is central idea?
The author's main point in a paragraph.
The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).
The authors main point of the entire text.
None of the above.
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suggested or understood without being directly stated
convey
Implicit
Explicit
objective
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A story that has a deeper meaning beyond its surface.
alliteration
caricature
allegory
anecdote
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A compelling idea or statement designed to get a readers attention in an introduction.
legend
monologue
hook
logo
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Division within a poem where a group of lines are formed into a unit.
chapter
couplet
Stanza
section
24
What is tone?
Language that appeals to the five senses.
Hints the writer gives about what may happen.
The way the text makes the reader feel.
The writer's attitude towards a subject.
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A combination of contradictory words
malapropism
imagery
oxymoron
alliteration
26
The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.
inciting event
climax
rising action
exposition
27
A category or type of literature.
monologue
flashback
motif
genre
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What is foreshadowing?
Language that appeals to the five senses.
The writer's attitude towards a subject.
Hints the writer gives about what may happen.
The way the text makes the reader feel.
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A comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as.
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
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Words or sentences around a word that help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
a guess
context clues
inference
convey
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The humorous misuse of a word
imagery
oxymoron
alliteration
malapropism
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.
alliteration
allegory
archetype
<p>allusion</p>
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To make something known or understandable
convey
Implicit
Explicit
objective
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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning...
a guess
context clues
convey
inference
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The contrast between what the character knows and the reader/audience knows...
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
None of the above
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A point of view in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
omniscient
third person
limited
first person
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The voice behind the poem, the person we imagine to be speaking...
storyteller
the speaker
narrator
point of view
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To prove why something is right or reasonable
Connotation
Justify
Bias
Inference
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A brief entertaining story or event often used as a hook in an introduction.
audience
argument
anecdote
allusion
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A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.
allusion
alliteration
allegory
analogy
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A pair of lines of the same length that rhyme.
couplet
Stanza
chapter
section
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Clear, precise, definitely stated, plain to see
Implicit
convey
objective
Explicit
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not influenced by personal feeling, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased.
Explicit
convey
objective
Implicit
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The methods a writer uses to develop a character.
characterization
caricature
inference
comedy
45
What is theme?
The author's main point in a paragraph.
None of the above.
The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).
The authors main point of the entire text.
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The contrast between what was expected and what actually happened...
None of the above
situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
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A statement used to explain why a counterclaim is wrong..
rebuttal
counterclaim
evidence
Claim
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A brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end (animals are usually characters).
Legend
Myth
Fable
Epic
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What is main idea?
The authors main point of the entire text.
None of the above.
The author's main point in a paragraph.
The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).
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A judgement based on a personal point of view
Bias
Connotation
Inference
Justify
