NSCAS for Language Arts

Question 1

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art.

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allusion

Question 2

In the plot of a story or drama, it introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.

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exposition

Question 3

The outcome of the conflict in a plot.

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resolution

Question 4

A struggle or problem between opposing forces.

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conflict

Question 5

The time and place of the action in a story.

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setting

Question 6

What is the sequence of events in a story?

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plot

Question 7

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

Question 8

Anything that stands for or represents something else.

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symbol

Question 9

A character or force in conflict with the main character.

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antagonist

Question 10

A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

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metaphor

Question 11

The main character in a literary work.

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protagonist

Question 12

A contradiction between what happens and what is expected.

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irony

Question 13

A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

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simile

Question 14

The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told.

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point of view

Question 15

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.

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figurative language

Question 16

The turning point or moment of highest tension in the action of the plot.

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climax

Question 17

The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work.

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theme

Question 18

A scene within a story that shows or tells an event that occurred in the past.

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flashback

Question 19

A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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character

Question 20

The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

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foreshadowing

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