Literary Terms Quiz

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Definition of Alliteration

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Commencement of two or more stressed syllables in a word group

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Character that changes throughout the story

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Dynamic character

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Purpose of Exposition

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Background info on setting, characters, and elements

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Climax in a story

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Most intense moment

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Example of figurative language

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"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

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Foreshadowing

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Hint at future events in a story

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Literary device: Exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Idiom meaning

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Different meaning from literal

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Purpose of imagery in literature

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Engage the reader's senses

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Metaphor

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Description by saying it is something else