Literature 3 exam 1 answer key for american schools
metaphor
a figure of speech that compares one thing to another
theme
a neutral term for the main character in a story
foreshadowing
a plot device that gives a hint of what will happen next
diction, rhythm, phrasing, sentence length, and repetition make up
a writers style
imagery
all the figurative language a writer uses to describe things in a story
a story in which a young character learns some truth about life or people is called a ...
coming of age story
The writer o. henry is known for his ...
endings with a twist
a character who by strong contrast emphasizes the distinctive characteristics of another character is called a ..
foil
A classic is a literary work ...
has been commonly recognized as a superior work
a figure of speech that gives animals, ideas, and things human characteristics is called ...
personification
a character that is fully described and complex can be called ...
round
the language of a particular group or place is called...
setting
the time and place of a short story is called ...
setting
An occurrence at owl creek bridge is set during ...
the american civil war
tone
the mood or atmosphere of a story
dialog
the reproduction in writing of conversation
F. scott Fitzgerald wrote primarily about ...
the social cite of the jazz age
persona
the underlying idea about life and people that a story explores
point of view
the vantage point from which a story is told
protagonist
the voice that on another adopts to tell a story
symbols
things that represent themselves and stand for something else
the use of an indirect statement to avoid bluntness or unpleasantness is called ...
tone
genre
type or kind
when something is presented as less than it actually is the writer is using ...
understatement
plot
what happens in the story
