Literary elements

Question 0

Round character

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Highly developed character with many traits

Question 1

Charater

Answer 1

Individuals who participate in the action of literary work

Question 2

Flat character

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Charter who exhibits few traits, not well developed and we know little about them

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Static character

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One who remains the same through out the story

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Dynamic character

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One who changes through out the story

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Direct characterization

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When the writer tells you exactly what they are like

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Indirect characterization

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You learn about them through other things. (Physical appearance, actions, what they say, what others say about them.)

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Internal conflict

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One that occurs within a character

Question 8

External conflict

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A character in conflict with an outside force (nature, another character, physical obstacle)

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a story

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Setting

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Time and place of the action in a work of literature

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Theme

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Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Typically this is not stated directly but must be inferred

Question 12

Allusion

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

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Diction

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A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words and way of arranging the words in a sentence

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Foreshadowing

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A write’s use of hits or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 15

Protagonist

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

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Antagonist

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Principal character or force in opposition to a protagonist

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Tone

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Attitude a writer takes towards a subject

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Foil

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Character who provides a striking contrast to another character

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First person point of view

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The narrator is a character in the story

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Third person omniscient

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All knowing narrator. Narrator sees into the minds of the characters

Question 21

Third limited

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The narrator is not in the story and the reader only knows what one character knows

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Verbal irony

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When a speeches says one thing but means another

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Situational irony

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What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen

Question 24

Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows something important that the character does not know

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Climax

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Highest point of intensity of the story

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Resolution

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How the story ends

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Symbol

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

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Flashback

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When the author interrupts the story to present events which occurred at a previous time

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Imagery

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Language which appeals the senses

Sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch

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Simile

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the words “like” and “as”

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech making a comparison between two things using commas.

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggests an import truth

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Suspense

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The uncertainty or anxiety about what is going to happen next in the story

Question 34

Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Rising action

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When the conflict developed and the story events build towards a climax and the story complications arise

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Falling action

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After the climax, shows the result of the important decision or action that happen at the climax

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds with nonrhyming words

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words who’s sounds echo their meanings

Buzz
Whisper
Gargle
Pop
Bam

Question 40

Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader

Question 41

Personification

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When human like qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea