literary symbols🥝

Question 1

symbolism

Answer 1

Used to represent ideas or qualities

Question 2

Theme

Answer 2

Persons thoughts or an topic; the subject of talk

Question 3

Protagonist

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Antagonist

Answer 4

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; enemy, foe, rival

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Comparing one thing with another thing of a different kind (ex: as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox)

Question 6

Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable (ex: i had fallen through a trapdoor of faith)

Question 7

Figurative Language

Answer 7

When you use a word or phrase that does not have it’s normal everyday, literal meaning (ex: simile, metaphor, personification)

Question 8

Mood

Answer 8

Evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

Question 9

Tone

Answer 9

Can be joyful, serious, humorous, sad, threatening, formal, informal, pessimistic, and optimistic; the way an author expresses his attitude through their writing

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Representing an abstract quality in human form

Question 11

Motif

Answer 11

A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition