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ELA LIT TERM EXAMPLE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Snowball is gregarious, enthusiastic and creative. Napoleon is pensive, generally lethargic, and unimaginative. For these reasons, these two could be said to be ________ | Foil-A character who provides a contrast to another character (usually the protagonist has one to make his own traits stand out) |
| Sam Hunt sings a country song called "Body like a Back Road." | simile-A figure of speech in which two distinct things are compared using “like” or “as” |
| The more you buy, the more you save. The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they will be. Change is the only constant. | paradox-A statement that seems contradictory but actually presents a truth |
| Pure evil, random order, seriously funny are | Oxymoron-Side by side words with contrary meanings |
| At first, it was humans vs. animals but then it morphed into the pigs vs. the other animals on the farm. | Conflict-The struggle between opposing forces |
| The pigs in Animal Farm (Snowball aside), the feed in FEED both act against the main characters. | Antagonist-Character or force in conflict with the main character |
| If you need an ark for the next flood, I noah guy. I saw an Apple Store get robbed. I guess that makes me an Witness. | Pun-A play on words |
| Feed was written from this point of view which featured a protagonist who referred to himself as "I." | First Person-The narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself/herself as “I” |
| In Of Mice and Men, after George shoots Lennie, Slim (knowing how close George and Lennie were) invites him to go to Soledad for a drink. | Denouement-The denouement is the outcome of the resolution |
| As she was struggling with a math problem, she suddenly had an lightbulb moment and realized the solution was much simpler than she thought | Epiphany-A sudden realization or flash of insight |