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Literary Elements #4
Test for September 10th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| oxymoron | Def: a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
| personification | Def: giving human qualities to non-living or human things |
| plot | Def: the main events in any story |
| P.O.V or point of view | Def: the position in which the story is told |
| repetition | Def: a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for effect or emphasis |
| resolution | Def: the concluding or final result in a story |
| rhyme scheme | Def: the pattern of end rhyme in a poem; the pattern is identified by assigning a latter of the alphabet, beginning with a, to each line; lines that rhyme are given the same letter |
| rhythm | Def: a pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed or unstressed syllables |
| setting | Def: the time and place a story takes place |
| simile | Def: a comparison between two different things using like or as. |