Literary Elements

Question 1

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

Anything that stands for or represents something else.

Answer 2

Symbol

Question 3

A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story.

Answer 3

Dynamic Character

Question 4

A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things without the use of like or as.

Answer 4

Metaphor

Question 5

A character that does not grow or change throughout the story that ends as she/he began

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Static Character

Question 6

A group of words whose meaning as a group cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words.

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Idiom

Question 7

The central character and focus of interest that is trying to accomplish or overcome adversity, and has the ability to adapt to new.

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Protagonist

Question 8

The feeling created in the reader be a literary work or passage.

Answer 8

Mood

Question 9

The time and place of the action of literary work.

Answer 9

Setting

Question 10

The repetition of specially chosen words or phrases to make a point or stress certain ideas for the reader.

Answer 10

Repetition for Effect

Question 11

The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

Answer 11

Foreshadowing

Question 12

Descriptive language used in literature that appeals to the scenes.

Answer 12

Imagery

Question 13

A figure of speech that combines two opposing contradictory ideas.

Answer 13

Oxymoron

Question 14

Word choice. The appropriateness of the words with the regard to the emotions and/or ideas associated with them.

Answer 14

Diction

Question 15

The methods used by an author to create a character:

Answer 15

Characterization:

• Physical Apperance
• Speech, Thought, Actions, or Feelings
• Other Characters Feelings, Thought, etc.
• Direct Comments by the Author

Question 16

A figure of speech in which comparisons are made between two objects with the use of like or as.

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Simile

Question 17

Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.

Answer 17

Figurative Language

Question 18

A type of figurative language in which no-human subjects are given human characteristics.

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Personification

Question 19

The writers attitude toward his or her subject; tone can often be described by a single adjective.

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Tone

Question 20

A struggle between two opposing forces
External Conflict- Takes place outside a person.
- Man vs. Man: one character against another.
- Man vs. Nature: a character a force or element of nature.
- Man vs. Society: a character against the standards or expectations of a group or community.
Internal Conflict: A character struggles with inner problems.

Answer 20

Conflict

Question 21

The character opposing the protagonist, can be a person, idea, or force.

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Antagonist

Question 22

A central message or insight into lie revealed through the literary work; a lesson about life or people.

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Theme

Question 23

The perspective from which a story is told.

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Point of View:

• 1st Person
• 3rd Person
• 3rd Limited- narrator knows only some of the characters thoughts and feelings
• Omniscient- all knowing

Question 24

The specific dictionary definition of a word.

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Denotation

Question 25

A contrast between appearance and reality. Usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems, when once thing is expected to happen or be and the exact opposite occurs.

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Irony

Question 26

The emotions or associations a work normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading, the word. A word can have POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or NEUTRAL connotation.

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Connotation

Question 27

A form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.

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Dialect

Question 28

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 29

A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

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Hyperbole

Question 30

The sequence of events in a literary work.

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Plot

Question 31

Introduces characters, setting, and the basic situation: the beginning of the story.

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Exposition

Question 32

Sets the conflict to be resolved.

Answer 32

Initial or Inciting Incident

Question 33

Develops the conflict; develops character relationships and any subplots.

Answer 33

Rising Action

Question 34

The high point of suspense or excitement.

Answer 34

Climax

Question 35

All of the events after the climax.

Answer 35

Falling Action

Question 36

The end of the central conflict.

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Resolution

Question 37

Any events that occur after the resolution.

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Denouement

Question 38

A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event, literary work, or work of art.

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Allusion

Question 39

An incident that interrupts the continuing of the story.

Answer 39

Flashback

Question 40

Makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.

Answer 40

Suspense