Literary Elements

Question 1

Characterization

Answer 1

The method in which the author develops a character includes, thoughts, work and actions and what the narrator say about him/her.

Question 2

Protagonist

Answer 2

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

A person who is actually opposes for someone or something

Question 4

Setting

Answer 4

The time and place in which a story takes place

Question 5

Plot

Answer 5

The structure of a story

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

Basic background information is revealed for the foundation story

Question 7

Rising action

Answer 7

Conflicts develop

Question 8

Climax

Answer 8

The turning point of the story;interest and intensity are at its peak

Question 9

Falling Action

Answer 9

Events that occur after the climax

Question 10

Resolution

Answer 10

Conflicts are resolved;the way things are going to be formed now on

Question 11

Theme

Answer 11

The main moral or message of a piece of literature

Question 12

Internal

Answer 12

Within a characters own mind-a personal conflict

Question 13

External

Answer 13

Problem the character faces with an outside force

a) ch vs. ch
b) man vs. nature
c) man vs. society

Question 14

First person

Answer 14

The narrator is a part of the story and uses personal pronouns

Question 15

Third person

Answer 15

The narrator is an outside voice telling the story;not part of the story

Question 16

Third person omniscient

Answer 16

Outside voice thoughts is all knowing and can tell a character thoughts and feelings

Question 17

Situational

Answer 17

When something other than what is expected to happen happens

Question 18

Dramatic

Answer 18

When the reader or audience knows more about it situation than a character

Question 19

Verbal

Answer 19

When an object stands for something greater than itself