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Events that occur in a story that build up to the climax: Rising Action. The most intense part of the story: Climax. Events that happened after the Climax that help clean up the previous problems: Falling Action. The leading character in a story: The protagonist. The person or thing that stops or oppresses a character: Antagonist. An idea or lesson the author wants you to learn or know about a subject: Theme. The time, place, or physical place in which a story takes place: Setting. Hints, clues or a warning that something will happen later in the story: Foreshadow. This is an example of: Simile. This is an example of.: Personification. the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events: Suspense. Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word: Context Clues. "The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of..: simile. "Superman is a man of steel." This is an example of..: a metaphor. Fall Fridays feel fantastic. : alliteration. The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended: personification. The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. : hyperbole. What's the meaning of this simile?"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time.": She gets really angry. . Identify the main literary device used here: The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool.  The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears.  I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky: Imagery. Did you enjoy reviewing through this quiz? : This is the best! Let's do it more often 

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Read the following passage:"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs"Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs, the match went out."Which type of imagery is found in the underlined lines: Sound imagery. Read the following poem:"The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson"He clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely landsRing'd with the azure world he standsThe wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls..."What type of imagery is found in the underlined lines: Touch imagery. the literal, dictionary definition of a word: denotation. The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation: negative. Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation: negative. Choose the word with the positive connotation: chat. What is the "tone" of a story: The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject. The tone and mood of a text can be very different: true. The words that determine the tone in this passage are..."although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand: dragged, slouched. Situational Irony: When the opposite of what is expected is happen in a situation.. Verbal Irony: When the speaker says one thing but means another.. Dramatic irony: When the audience knows something the character does not.. When we know the identify of the superhero, but everyone else wonders who they are, thats...: Dramatic. Irony usually involves something that is&nbsp;: unexpected. Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is : Verbal Irony. I'd like to visit that museum again as much as I'd like to gnaw off my own foot: Verbal irony. What sense does the following passage appeal to?"She slowly cleared her gravelly throat to make her presence known...": Sound. One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker. &nbsp;Which sense does this describe: Taste