Elements Of Lit

Question 1

Antagonist

Answer 1

The person or thing working against the protagonist.

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

A comparison of 2 items suggesting they are alike in many aspects.

Question 3

Caricature

Answer 3

An exaggerated imitation of a person’s features or mannerisms in order to appear comic or absurd.

Question 4

Characterization

Answer 4

The method an author uses to reveal it describe characters and their personalities.

Question 5

Climax

Answer 5

The turning point in the story.

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

The problem of the story

Question 7

Dialogue

Answer 7

Conversation carried on between characters

Question 8

Antithesis

Answer 8

An opposite, or contrast of ideas.

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Overstating or stretching the truth for special effects.

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

A comparison of 2 items using the words “like” or “as”.

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

A comparison of two items without the use of “like” or “as”.

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

When the author speaks of it describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person.

Question 13

Foreshadowing

Answer 13

Giving hints of what is to come later.

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

Words or phrases that create a visual picture in the reader’s mind

Question 15

Point of View

Answer 15

The perspective from which the story is told.

Question 16

Protagonist

Answer 16

The main character of the story.

Question 17

Satire

Answer 17

A literary term used to make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of changing the subject of the attack.

Question 18

Setting

Answer 18

Time and place

Question 19

Soliloquy

Answer 19

A speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stage.

Question 20

Symbol

Answer 20

A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else.

Question 21

Theme

Answer 21

The main idea of the work.

Question 22

Tone

Answer 22

Mood of the work.

Question 23

Tragedy

Answer 23

A literary work in which the protagonist is destroyed by some character flaws and forces beyond his/her control.

Question 24

Tragic hero

Answer 24

A character who experiences an inner struggle because of a character flaw.

Question 25

Allusion

Answer 25

A reference to a familiar person, place or thing.