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DeVaughan Sem. Test
Semester Test
Question | Answer |
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Allusion | Reference to literary, mythological or historical person, place or thing |
Irony | Contrast between appearance and reality |
Foreshadowing | Suggests events that have yet to occur |
Symbol | Use of any object, person or thing to show meaning |
Suspense | Makes a reader uncertain or tense about outcomes |
Tone | Writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
Theme | Central message revealed or lesson learned |
Point of View | Perspective from which the story is told |
Setting | Time and place of a literary work |
Simile | Comparison of two things using like or as |
Personification | Giving an inanimate object human traits |
Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration |
Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces |
Imagery | Using senses in writing |
Characterization | Methods used to create a character |
Diction | Word choice |
Plot | Sequence of events or action of a literary work |
Metaphor | Comparison of two things not using like or as |
Climax | Most critical moment in the story |
Antagonist | Character or force opposing the central character |
Protagonist | The central character in a literary work |
Repetition | A device in which words, sounds and/or ideas are used more than once to create emphasis |
Mood | The feeling created in a reader by a literary passage |
Exposition | Revealing the setting, characters and beginnings of conflicts |
Static Character | A character that does not change throughout the story |
Dynamic Character | A character that changes in actions or beliefs during a story |
Connotation | The emotions a word arouses in a person |
Denotation | The specific dictionary definition of a word |