Literary Devices and Elements
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- Q1Imageryusing images instead of words in a written storymaking word pictures appealing to the five sensessaying or writing something other than what is meantthe word makes the sound when speak it.30s
- Q2Foreshadowingthe shadow of the characters in the storydark and gloomy setting and themespeaking to the audience without others hearing what you are sayingthe writer’s hints as to what is going to happen30s
- Q3Alliterationspeaking clearly or using the right words in writingrepeating last sounds of words in a seriesrepeating first sounds of words in a seriessounds in the words that are spelled like they sound30s
- Q4Onomatopoeiathe words is the actiongiving human characteristics to an inanimate objectthe repeating of sounds in a linewords that make the sound of the action30s
- Q5Personification has a built-in clue as to its meaning. It is best described as what?the main character is what the story is aboutgiving symbolic qualities to inanimate objectsgiving lifelike qualities to inanimate objectsthe person in the story is telling the story30s
- Q6The metaphor is a certain kind of comparison that is best described as what?a comparison that uses like or as in the wordinga comparison that does not use like or as in the phrasingwhen comparisons do not fit or make any sense at allrepetition of sounds in a sentence30s
- Q7The simile is a comparison that is best described as what?a comparison that gets lost in the wordinga comparison that uses like or as in the descriptioncomparison that does not use like or asrepetition of sounds in a sentence30s
- Q8What does the use of a symbol in writing do in a literary piece?a literary device that replaces the main ideaa literary device that merely reflects the intent of the writera literary device that shows the time and place of the storya literary device that uses objects instead of words30s
- Q9Motif is inherently linked to another literary term and is best described as what?the French word for style of writing for a storyrecurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme is a central idea or message.the real reason behind why the writer wrote the storya play on words30s
- Q10Which phrase best describes what theme is in a story or poem?the reason behind the writing of a story or poemthe big ideas or central messages in a story or poemthe climax of the storythe time and place in which a story takes place30s
- Q11What best describes what setting is in a story, poem, or novel?the time and place of the action of a story or poemthe resolution of the storythe major idea being displayed in a story or poemthe place where the scenes change in a story30s
- Q12The plot in a short story or novel is best described as what?the events or action of the storythe main tension or issue in the storythe exposition of the storya point of interest or turning point30s
- Q13Lesson taught by a literary work.moralasidepoint of viewnarrator30s
- Q14A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event.tonemoralpoemanecdote30s
- Q15Formal division of lines in a poem.narrationonomatopoeiaparagraphstanza30s