Lit Terms and Devices 7th Grade
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- Q1Repetition of sounds at the beginning of wordsAlliteration30s
- Q2A character or force in conflict with the main characterAntagonist30s
- Q3A struggle between opposing forcesConflict30s
- Q4A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural forceExternal Conflict30s
- Q5A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.Internal Conflict30s
- Q6A conversation between charactersDialogue30s
- Q7A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on factFiction30s
- Q8An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the storyForeshadowing30s
- Q9A literary type or formGenre30s
- Q10Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)Imagery30s
- Q11A contrast between expectation and realityIrony30s
- Q12In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the workDramatic Irony30s
- Q13Occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expectedSituational Irony30s
- Q14In this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaningVerbal Irony30s
- Q15figure of speech comparing two different thingsMetaphor30s