#1 Literary Terms
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- Q1the series of events in a storyPlot -30s
- Q2the method an author uses to characterize their charactersCharacterization -30s
- Q3when and where a story takes placeSetting -30s
- Q4a struggle between two or more opposing forcesConflict -30s
- Q5a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader - often through inference rather than stating it. One way to figure out the theme is to apply the lessons learned by the main character(s) to people in real lifeTheme -30s
- Q6the emotional feelings a reader gets after reading a storyMood -30s
- Q7the attitude a writer takes towards their subject; the tone in which they deliver their storyTone -30s
- Q8the angle from which a story is toldPoint of View -30s
- Q9when the author plays off the 5 senses to create an image in the reader's mind; characterized by descriptive detailImagery -30s
- Q10writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literallyFigurative Language -30s
- Q11giving human qualities to an inanimate objectPersonification -30s
- Q12making a comparison between two unlike thingsMetaphor -30s
- Q13using "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike thingsSimile -30s
- Q14something that represents something bigger than itselfSymbolism -30s
- Q15expectation vs. reality; when something occurs that is opposite of what you expectIrony -30s