OSAT English Language Arts

Question 1

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human subjects?

Accepted Answer

Personification

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Alliteration

Question 2

What is the term for the central message or lesson an author conveys in a literary work?

Accepted Answer

Theme

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Plot

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Setting

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Tone

Question 3

In a narrative, the point of highest dramatic tension before the resolution is called the:

Accepted Answer

Climax

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Exposition

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Rising action

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Falling action

Question 4

Which narrative point of view uses 'I' and 'me' to tell a story from inside the narrator's perspective?

Accepted Answer

First person

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Second person

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Third person limited

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Third person omniscient

Question 5

What is the literary term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely connected words?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

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Assonance

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Onomatopoeia

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Rhyme

Question 6

A story-within-a-story structure where a character narrates a tale to other characters is called a:

Accepted Answer

Frame narrative

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Flashback

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Foreshadowing

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Stream of consciousness