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Giving a nonhuman object human characteristics is:Read the answer and worked solution →Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The repetition of initial consonant sounds across words is:Read the answer and worked solution →An object that represents both itself and something else at once is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The main character or hero of a story is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The character or force opposing that main character is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The sequence of events in a story or play is its:Read the answer and worked solution →The vantage point from which a story is perceived and told is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A narrator who is part of the story is described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →The moment of greatest intensity in a plot is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A sudden flash of intuitive understanding by a character is an:Read the answer and worked solution →The meaning or thesis of a literary text is its:Read the answer and worked solution →A mask an author uses to cover their real self in a work is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The rise and fall of stressed sounds within sentences is:Read the answer and worked solution →Close examination and explanation of a text, backed by reasoning and evidence, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the comparisonsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the story partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the word gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the language wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Literal or figurativeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the literary termsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →

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Giving a nonhuman object human characteristics is:

  1. Publication
  2. Personification
  3. Purification
  4. Pacification
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Correct answer: B. Personification

1. The object seems alive. 2. Human traits are lent to it. 3. It is personification. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses is called:

  1. Industry
  2. Infancy
  3. Imagery
  4. Inquiry
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Correct answer: C. Imagery

1. Sound, sight and smell may all be used. 2. The reader senses the scene. 3. It is imagery. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds across words is:

  1. Alternation
  2. Allocation
  3. Alleviation
  4. Alliteration
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Correct answer: D. Alliteration

1. The sound sits at the start of each word. 2. It is a literary device. 3. It is alliteration. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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