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Literary Terms - 6th grade English 1st sem. exam

Match the following text examples with the correct literary term.

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ALLITERATION"The twisting trout twinkled below."
HYPERBOLE"...the shot heard 'round the world..."
METAPHOR"Time is money."
ONOMATOPOEIA"buzz" "bang" "hiss" "splash"
PERSONIFICATION"The train wailed in the night."
METAPHORa figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
PROTAGONISTthe main character of a story. Can be a person or an animal
ANTAGONISTThe character or a force in conflict with a main character
CONFLICTa struggle between opposing forces. It causes the action.
SYMBOLISMsomething that stands for something else. A crown is a symbol of a king's status and authority.
SIMILEa figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas. "Pale as a ghost."
MOODThe feeling created by a story.
IMAGERYimagery is the description of how things and people in a story look, sound, feel, taste, and smell


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