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A five line poem that is often humorous is known as a ______________.
a) limerick
b) acrostic
c) haiku
d) free verse

17. A type of literature is called:
a) genre
b) meter
c) setting
d) plot

Hints of what is to come in a story is __________________.
a) foreshadowing
b) flashback
c) forward
d) background

The lesson the author hopes a reader learns from literary work (short story, poem, novel)
a) Theme
b) mood
c) tone
d) exposition

12. When the author takes the reader back in time to a memory, he/she is using the technique called:
a) flashback
b) foreshadowing
c) mood
d) setting

11. Giving non-human objects human characteristics is called:
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) onomatopoeia
d) simile

9. “Life is like a box of chocolates” is an example of:
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) alliteration
d) idiom

7. The main character is the:
a) protagonist
b) dialect
c) meter
d) plot

8. A prediction or hints of what will happen is called:
a) foreshadowing
b) flashback
c) genre
d) dialect

4. A piece of writing that can be found in newspapers and magazines and its purpose is to persuade is:
a) editorial
b) myth
c) folk tale
d) article

3. A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is the:
a) conflict
b) protagonist
c) setting
d) characterization

2. Pictures, side bars, bold print, graphs, charts, and captions are examples of:
a) text features
b) foreshadowing
c) allliteration
d) personification

The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called
a) mood
b) conflict
c) plot
d) setting

Using a celebrity to endorse a product is an example of what type of propaganda?
a) Testimonial
b) bandwagon
c) plain folks
d) transfer

In transfer propaganda an advertisement uses _________.
a) symbols and influential people
b) pretty colors
c) commercials
d) testimony from others

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