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Elements Of Literature Quiz Flashcards

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What is a Similie?

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A comparison using “like” or “as”

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What is Personification?

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When something is given human qualities that it normally doesn’t have

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparison NOT using “like” or “as”

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What is a symbol?

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When something stands for something else

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What is Alleteration?

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When two or more words are next to each other that begin with the same letter or sound

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What is Imagery?

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When the author forms an image in your mind

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What is an Idiom?

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A phrase that cannot be taken literally, but its meaning is understood

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What is an Hyborbole?

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An exaggeration

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What is Irony?

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When the opposite of what is expected happens

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What is an Onomatopoeia?

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An action/ sound

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What is a Repitition?

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When words are repeated in sequence

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What is Dialogue?

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When characters speak

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What is Foreshadowing?

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A hint in the story of something that will happen later in the story

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What is Setting?

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Time and place of a story

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What is Conflict?

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A problem

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What is an Exposistion?

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Beginning of story

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What is the rising action?

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Events leading to the climax, conflict is present, suspense is present, longest portion of the story

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What is the Falling Action?

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Climax is explained, characters express how they feel about the climax

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What is the Climax?

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Highest point of the story, purpose of reading the story, a discovery is made

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What is the Theme?

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The “message” of a story

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What is the Point of View?

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The angle from which the story is told

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What is an Omniscient?

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When the narrator knows what is happening to every character, all-knowing

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What is a 1st Person View?

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When the narrator is telling the story from his/her point of view, the word “I” is present outside of quotes

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What is a 3rd Person View?

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When the narrator is telling the story about one character that is not him/herself and is aware of other characters’ actions and possibly their thoughts

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What is a Flashback?

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When a portion of the story goes back into time

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What is the plot?

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The development of the story from start to finish

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