Literary elements

Question 1

brief, indirect reference to a person/place with historical, religious, literary, political significance

Answer 1

allusion

Question 2

struggle/tension between two characters, usually protagonist and antagonist

Answer 2

conflict

Question 3

style of speaking/writing determined by word choice or usage

Answer 3

diction

Question 4

moment of realization or awareness, which changes self-perception or world-view

Answer 4

epiphany

Question 5

break or interruption in the narrative where the narrator refers to an event in the past

Answer 5

flashback

Question 6

hint or indication of a future event

Answer 6

foreshadowing

Question 7

vivid language, describing and appealing to the five senses

Answer 7

imagery

Question 8

speech/writing that denounces a person, subject, institution using abusive, derogatory or violent langage

Answer 8

invective

Question 9

intended meaning differs from the actual or literal meaning

Answer 9

irony

Question 10

figure of speech which makes an implied comparison between two things without using ‘‘like’’ or ‘‘as’’

Answer 10

metaphor

Question 11

atmosphere or emotions evoked by literature

Answer 11

mood

Question 12

repeated pattern in literature

Answer 12

motif

Question 13

real person or character who tells the narrative

Answer 13

narrator

Question 14

angle or position from a story is told (usually 1st or 3rd person)

Answer 14

point of view

Question 15

where/place or when/time a work of literature occurs

Answer 15

setting

Question 16

figure of speech which implies comparison using ‘‘like’’ or ‘‘as’’

Answer 16

simile

Question 17

moral, meaning, message of a story, in a full sentence

Answer 17

theme

Question 18

subject of a work of literature, in a single word of a few words

Answer 18

topic

Question 19

attitude of a speaker or writer towards his audience or subject, often with adjectives

Answer 19

tone