Literary Elements

Question 0

Round character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work

Question 2

Flat character

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Not highly developed, few traits, know very little about them

Question 3

Static character

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Stays the same through out the story

Question 4

Dynamic character

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One who changes throughout the story

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Direct characterization

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When the narrator tells exactly what they are lik

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Indirect characterization

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What others say about them, what the character says, physical appearance, actions

Question 7

Internal conflict

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One that occurs within a character

Question 8

External conflict

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Character in conflict with an outside force; nature, another character, etc.

Question 9

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

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Theme

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Underlined message about life or a human nature that the writer shares with the reader, typically not stated directly must be inferred

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

Indirect reference to a famous person, place, or event

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Diction

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Speakers choice of words Ina. Way of arranging the words into sentences

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints or clue to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 15

Protagonist

Answer 15

Main character in central conflict

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Antagonist

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Principle or force in opposition of the protagonist

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Tone

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Attitude a writer takes to a subject

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Foil

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Character that provides a striking contrast to another character

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First person (POV)

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Narrator is a character in the story

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Third person omniscient (POV)

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All knowing narrator, in minds of all the characters

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Third person limited (POV)

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Not person in story, only knows what one person knows

Question 22

Verbal irony

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Speaker 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

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows something the character does not know

Question 25

Climax

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Highest amount of intensity in a 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 an activity, that's stands for something beyond itself

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Flashback

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With an author interrupts a story to presents event that occurred at a previous time

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell

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Simile

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Figure of speech making a comparison using "like" or "as"

Question 31

Metaphor

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Figure of speech making a comparison without using like or as

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Paradox

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Seemingly contradictory absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth

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Suspense

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Uncertainty or anxiety we feel when we don't know what going to happen next in a story

Question 34

Hyperbole

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An exaggeration

Question 35

Rising action

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The conflicts develops, climax arises

Question 36

Falling action

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After climax, shows the answer of the biggest question

Question 37

Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 38

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words

Question 39

Onomatopoeia

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The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings

Question 40

Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader

Question 41

Personification

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When human like characteristics are given to an object or animal