Literary Elements

Question 0

Round character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work

Question 2

Flat character

Answer 2

Character that has few traits, not very developed, we know very little about them

Question 3

Static character

Answer 3

One who remains the same throughout the story

Question 4

Dynamic character

Answer 4

One who undergoes changes throughout the story

Question 5

Direct characterization

Answer 5

Direct comments about the characters personality or nature

Question 6

Indirect characterization

Answer 6

You learn about them through other things

Question 7

Internal conflict

Answer 7

One that occurs within a character

Question 8

External conflict

Answer 8

Conflict with an outside source

Question 9

Plot

Answer 9

Series of events throughout the story

Question 10

Setting

Answer 10

Time and place in the action of a literary work

Question 11

Theme

Answer 11

Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader, typically not stated directly, must be inferred.

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

Indirect reference to a famous person,place, event, or literary work.

Question 13

Diction

Answer 13

Writers choice of words and way of making sentences

Question 14

Foreshadowing

Answer 14

Writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 15

Protagonist

Answer 15

Main character in a work of literature who is involved in the central conflict

Question 16

Antagonist

Answer 16

Principal character or force in opposition of the protagonist

Question 17

Tone

Answer 17

Attitude a writer takes toward a subject

Question 18

Foil

Answer 18

Character who provides a striking contrast to another character

Question 19

1st person point of view

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The narrator is the character in the story

Question 20

Third person omniscient

Answer 20

An all knowing narrator

Question 21

Third person limited

Answer 21

Narrator tells only what one character knows, feels, and observes

Question 22

Verbal irony

Answer 22

Someone says one thing but means another

Question 23

Situational irony

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What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected

Question 24

Dramatic irony

Answer 24

The reader knows something that a character does not know

Question 25

Climax

Answer 25

Point of maximum interest or tension

Question 26

Resolution

Answer 26

How the story ends

Question 27

Symbol

Answer 27

Person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself

Question 28

Flashback

Answer 28

When the author interrupts a story to present events that occurred earlier

Question 29

Imagery

Answer 29

Language that appeals to the senses
Sight
Smell 
Taste
Hear

Question 30

Simile

Answer 30

Figure of speech that makes a comparison with 2 unlike things using like or as

Question 31

Paradox

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Seemingly contradictory statement that suggest an important truth

Question 32

Suspense

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Uncertainty we feel about what happens next in a story

Question 33

Hyperbole

Answer 33

Exaggeration

Question 34

Rising action

Answer 34

Stage where conflict develops and the story builds to a climax and complications arise

Question 35

Falling action

Answer 35

After the climax and shows important action after the climax

Question 36

Alliteration

Answer 36

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 37

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 38

Onomatopoeia

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Words whose sounds echo their meanings. Ex. Buzz, murmur, gargle

Question 39

Mood

Answer 39

Feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for a reader

Question 40

Personification

Answer 40

When human like qualities are given to something not human