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Elements Flashcards

1
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What is the source of conflict for the main character?

A

Antagonist

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2
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What is the main character of the story called?

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Protagonist

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3
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What do we call a person, animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work?

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Character

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4
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What refers to the struggle between two opposing forces?

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Conflict

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5
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What causes a plot to become tense or entangled as a result of the conflict?

A

Complication

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6
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What is a conversation between characters called?

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Dialogue

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7
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What is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group?

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Dialect

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8
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What interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time?

A

Flashback

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9
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What is the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur?

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Foreshadowing

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10
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What is a division or type of literature?

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Genre

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11
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What are literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions?

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Irony

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12
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What is the voice through which an author tells a story?

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Persona

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13
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What is the sequence of events in a story called?

A

Plot

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14
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What is a less important series of events within the main plot?

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Subplot

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15
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What refers to the perspective from which a story is told?

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Point of View

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16
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What is the place and time in which a literary work takes place?

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Setting

17
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What is the writer’s typical way of writing called?

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Style

18
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What is anything that stands for or represents something abstract?

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Symbol

19
Q

What is a central idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work?

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Theme

20
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What is the writer’s attitude toward the readers, characters, and the subject?

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Tone

21
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What refers to the atmosphere or feeling conveyed by a work?

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Mood

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