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Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of an initial consonant

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

The reference to a commonly known event or piece of literature

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

The character or characters who are “against” the main character

Question 4

Climax

Answer 4

The turning point of the action of the plot

Question 5

Conflict

Answer 5

Two opposing forces or ideas

Question 6

Connotation

Answer 6

The way a word is used in everyday life

Question 7

Denotation

Answer 7

The dictionary definition of a word or action

Question 8

Dialogue

Answer 8

Conversation among characters

Question 9

Flashback

Answer 9

The technique of presenting scenes or incidents that occurred before the opening scene of a work

Question 10

Foreshadowing

Answer 10

Giving clues to the reader about what us going to happen

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggeration for a specific effect

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

When the result is the opposite or contrary to what the reader expects

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the word like or as

Question 14

Mood

Answer 14

The emotional attitude or feeling in any part of a given work

Question 15

Narrator

Answer 15

A character or entity who speaks directly to the reader or who tells the story

Question 16

Omniscient

Answer 16

This means all knowing and is usually defined as a point of view

Question 17

Oxymoron

Answer 17

Bringing together two contradictory terms

Question 18

Paradox

Answer 18

Seemingly contradictory or absurd statements existing at the same time

Question 19

Personification

Answer 19

Giving human like qualities to non humans

Question 20

Plot

Answer 20

The sequence of events in a story

Question 21

Point of view

Answer 21

The perspective from which a story is told

Question 22

Protagonist

Answer 22

The main character

Question 23

Resolution

Answer 23

How things work out

Question 24

Satire

Answer 24

Make fun of something or someone with sarcasm or humor

Question 25

Setting

Answer 25

The time and place

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 27

Suspense

Answer 27

Created by having clues yet not knowing how things will turn out

Question 28

Symbol

Answer 28

Something that stands for something else it suggests an idea

Question 29

Theme

Answer 29

The central idea of the story

Question 30

Tone

Answer 30

The emotional attitude or feeling of the story

Question 31

Understatement

Answer 31

Something that is represented as less than it is