Literary Terms for 7th Grade Students
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| What is the sequence of events in a story? | Plot
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| A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work is? | Character
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| A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate to events that occurred in the past is? | Flashback
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| A character or a force in conflict with a main character or protagonist is? | Antagonist
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| A contradiction between what happens and what is expected is? | Irony
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| A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas is? | Simile
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| The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work is? | Theme
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| Writing or speech that is not to be taken literally is? | Figurative Language
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| A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics is? | Personification
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| A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. | Metaphor
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| The perspective or vantage point, from which a story is told is? | Point of View
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| The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story is? | Foreshadowing
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| The turning point or the high point in the action of the plot. It is the moment of greatest tension. It is? | Climax
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| A reference to a well known person, events, place, literary work, or work of art in a story or novel is? | Allusion
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| In the plot of a story or a drama, it introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation is? | Exposition
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| The outcome of the conflict in a plot is? | Resolution
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| A struggle between opposing forces is? | Conflict
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| Anything that stands for or represents something else is? | Symbol
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| The main character in a literary work is? | Protagonist
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| The time and place of the action is? | Setting
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