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Hint	Answer	% Correct
an account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another person.	biography	82%
interrupts the plot of a story and goes back to a past event.	flashback	79%
a piece of writing that a person writes about his or her own life	autobiography	77%
a literary work in which the content is based on fact	nonfiction	77%
also compares two things, but it does so more directly without using "like" or "as"	metaphor	74%
the storyline or sequence of events that take place in a story. It is what happens in a story	plot	71%
compares things that share a common feature. This type of comparison uses either "like" or "as" to make the connection.	simile	71%
the class of literature made up of works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.	fiction	70%
the time, place, and circumstances in which a story takes place. It tells the reader where and when the story occurs	setting	70%
a fictional piece of writing usually of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.	novel	68%
a fictional prose narrative that is shorter and less complex than other pieces, usually under 10,000 words	short story	66%
This occurs right after the rising action. It is the most intense or exciting event in the story because the characters deals with the main conflict for the last time. It is also the turning point in the story.	climax	62%
a technique where future events in a story, or sometimes the outcome, are suggested or hinted at by the author before they happen	foreshadowing	62%
a figure of speech in which the author uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect. It is not meant to be taken literally.	hyperbole	62%
it is used to express the exact opposite of its literal meaning. It is the difference between what appears to be and what actually is	irony	62%
a literary work in which the writer tries to point out human vices or follies in order to scorn or ridicule them, the writer can do so by using irony wit or sarcasm	satire	61%
a central or recurring idea that is explored in a piece of writing, sometimes in the form of a life lesson or moral	theme	60%
a French word that means "type" or "kind"	genre	58%
the language of a particular region or group of people. It includes sound, spelling, and diction used by that group	dialect	55%
the opposition between characters or forces that shapes or motivates the action of the plot.	conflict	53%
a reference to a real or fictitious person, event, place, work of art, or another work of literature within writing	allusion	51%
This is the conclusion of the story. It ties together the whole story. It explains how the conflict is resolved and what happens to the characters after the story ends.	resolution	51%
a literary device that uses certain objects or images to represent other ideas	symbol	44%
the reflection of an author's attitude toward his or her subject.	tone	43%
occurs after the climax and before the resolution. It is everything that happens because of the climax. the characters respond to what happens in the climax. This leads the reader to the conclusion of the story.	falling action	40%
this occurs after the main conflict is introduced. It includes details about what the character does to solve his or her problem. Smaller problems, obstacles, or crises may occur before the climax is reached	rising action	40%
This is the beginning of the plot. It starts off the story and lets the reader know any important information before the action starts. It introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic conflict of a story. A conflict is a problem or obstacle that the characters must overcome	exposition	39%
the atmosphere that a writer creates for a reader that plays on the reader's imagination and emotion through the use of descriptive adverbs or adjectives	mood	35%
when someone says one thing but means something different. Very similar to sarcasm.	verbal irony	34%
the contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true	dramatic irony	32%
occurs when a reader or character expects one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens. In other words, it is when something unexpected (or inappropriate) happens.	situational irony	32%
a points of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction. The narrator may be a minor character, observing the action, such as Nick in The Great Gatsby	first person point of view	30%
a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person, using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she"	third person point of view	30%