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 a Fable?

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A very short story usually with talking animals; has a moral.

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What is a Theme in literature?

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The underlying message or main idea of a story.

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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 Fiction?

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Writing that is not real; a product of the imagination.

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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 Imagery in literature?

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

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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 Moral?

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A lesson that can be derived from a story or a piece of literature.

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What is a Protagonist?

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The main character in a story, often facing a conflict.