Keystone ELA

What is the best definition of 'metaphor'?

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• B humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature

• C A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things

• D A recurring subject or theme in a literary work

What is the meaning of the word 'protagonist'?

• The main character in a story

• The character who opposes the main character

• The time and place of a story

• The underlying message of a story

The meaning of a word is....

• facts

• definition

• literal words

• color

What is the best definition of allusion?

• Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

• An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event

• An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
  

• An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever).

Which term means, the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.

• summary

• analysis

• evaluate

• author's purpose

“The way he looked at you from under his eyebrows, not eagerly, nor furtively, but with a self‑possessed, competent air, quite like a captain scanning a horizon from the bridge, watching the shifting crowds from one of the little stone circles anchored out in the rush of the boulevards,—a look of authority backed by a sense of unlimited power.” Which feeling is suggested by the use of the word competent?

• disdain

• hostility

• assurance

• kindness

What is the best definition of the word foreshadowing?

• An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story.

• An object or idea given human qualities or a human form  
  

• An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
  

What is a narrative

• Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs

• The part of a narrative that introduces the setting, characters, and problem

• To make changes that correct or improve

• A story, description, or account of events

a version of something (such as a writing piece) that you make before you make the final version.

• draft

• dictionary

• plot

• text

Which word is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Literary Device