8th : Theme Practice Open Notes

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is imagery in literature?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a biography?

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A story of someone's life written by someone else.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The underlying message or main idea of a story, often expressed as a judgment about a universal topic.

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What is a fable?

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A very short story usually with talking animals that conveys a moral lesson.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating one is the other.

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What is the purpose of a moral in a story?

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To convey a lesson or principle that can be learned from the narrative.