Keystone Prep 1: Literary Terms

Question 1

What are tools used by authors to provide voice to the text, like dialogue and alliteration?

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Literary Devices

Question 2

What is a conclusion based on circumstances; reading between the lines?

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Inference

Question 3

What is an exaggeration or overstatement?

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Hyperbole

Question 4

What is when an author uses language to create sensory impressions?

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Imagery

Question 5

The repetition of initial consonant sounds. "The soul selects her own society."

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Alliteration

Question 6

What is the use of words or phrases that mean the opposite of the literal meaning?

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Irony

Question 7

What are points of information that strongly support topic, theme, or main idea?

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Key/Supporting Details

Question 8

What does it mean to give reasons through an explanation to show your understanding?

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Interpret

Question 9

What are visual clues within text offering additional information to aid understanding?

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Heading, Graphic, Charts

Question 10

What is an author's central thought; the cheif topic expressed or implied?

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Main Idea

Question 11

What is the perspective that a story or work of literature is told from?

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Point of View

Question 12

A story in which objects, persons, and actions in the story have additional symbolic meaning.

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Allegory

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