Literary Devices
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- Q1the character, idea, or force that opposes the protagonistAntagonist (def.)30s
- Q2I woke up this morning with my eyes glued shut. After such a long week, I didn't wish to get up for school, but my mom said I had to.1st Person Point of View (example)30s
- Q3the perspective from which a story is told by using a narrator who refers to the characters with the words he, she, they, it, etc.3rd Person Point of View (definition)30s
- Q4a reference to a LITERARY, MYTHOLOGICAL, or HISTORICAL person, place or thingAllusion (def.)30s
- Q5Don't be such a Scrooge!Allusion (example)30s
- Q6rain: teardrops, sadness melting from the skyconnotation (example)30s
- Q7joker; kryptonite; Miriam in "Miriam"antagonist (example)30s
- Q8The methods an author uses to create a character, includingCharacterization30s
- Q9Joseph woke up this morning with his eyes glued shut. After such a long week, he didn't wish to get up for school, but his mom said he had to.3rd Person Point of View (example)30s
- Q10the most intense part of the story when our anxiety is relieved, or our curiousity is satisfiedClimax30s
- Q11The emotional connection we have with a word when we see, hear, or read it; This may be NEUTRAL, POSITIVE, or NEGATIVEConnotation (def.)30s
- Q12the specific dicitionary definition of a wordDenotation30s
- Q13rain: moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate dropsdenotation (example)30s
- Q14an accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal meaningIdiom (def.)30s
- Q15the conclusion of the story when the conflict is "unraveled" (denouement) and the outcome is clear to the readerDenouement (Resolution)30s