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Literary terms Test

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of 16 available terms

6 Written Questions

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals
  2. a contrast between expectation and reality
  3. a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well
  4. interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time
  5. language that appeals to the senses

5 True/False Questions

  1. climaxgeneral idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals

          

  2. foreshadowingthe use of clues to suggest event that will occur later in the plot

          

  3. characterizationa figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings or thoughts

          

  4. settinga person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well

          

  5. expositionkind of writing that explains or gives information