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Literary Techniques Quiz
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What literary technique is it when an unexpected power or event saves a hopeless situation?
Deus Ex Machina
Climax
Anagorisis
Poetic Justice
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What is the happy ending where everything gets resolved at the end of a story called?
Poetic Justice
Exposition
Denoumont
Deus Ex Machina
3
What is the turning point in the action and/or the highest point of interest?
Denoumont
Poetic Justice
Climax
Conflict
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What is a warning or a hint of a future event in a literary work?
Foreshadowing
Archetype
Dramatic Irony
Symbolism
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What describes "what goes around comes around"/the bad/good guy gets what's coming to them?
Exposition
Poetic Justice
Denoumont
Deus Ex Machina
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What is an inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?
Climax
Poetic Justice
Conflict
Anagorisis
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Who is a character that is used to highlight the differences between characters?
Protagonist
Foil
Poetic Justice
Archetype
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What is it called when there is a reference to something outside the current story?
Denoumont
Foil
Allusion
Anagnorisis
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What is the phrase for something that represents something else in a story or literary work?
Archetype
Poetic Justice
Symbolism
Foil
10
What is a common type of character or something commonly associated with different genres?
Foil
Archetype
Antagonist
Symbolism
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What is the common thread or lesson that is incorporated throughout a literary work?
Archetype
Motif
Symbolism
Theme
12
What is the word for the atmosphere or your feeling when reading a story?
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Mood
Sadness
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What term is used when you (The audience) know what's going to happen but the characters don't?
Sarcasm
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
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What word is when main character realizes something about himself that helps resolve the plot?
Anagnorisis
Denoumont
Foil
Archetype
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What is the word for the back story of the characters usually told at the beginning of a story?
Poetic Justice
Denoumont
Theme
Exposition
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What is it called when a character either speaks to you or directly acknowledges the audience?
Breaking the fourth wall
Deus Ex Machina
Exposition
Anagorisis