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Literary Elements
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The most exciting moment in the story, when the outcome is decided one way or another.
climax
exposition
resolution
inference
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Referencing religious stories, mythology, folk lore, fairy tales, etc. are examples of...
allusion
foreshadowing
dynamic
motif
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A part of a story that shows something that happened in the past.
foreshadowing
flashback
inference
allusion
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A character who is opposite to or challenges the protagonist is the ...
antagonist
static
dynamic
villain
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or group of people.
style
tone
theme
dialect
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How a writer says what he says.
point of view
style
mood
theme
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Point of view is the...
writer's attitude toward the material.
struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
vantage point from which the story is told.
manner of expression.
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Third person point of view is when...
one character tells the story using "I", "me", etc.
the narrator focuses on one character's thoughts/feelings
the narrator is all knowing
there are three characters
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The characteristic speech and thought patterns of a first person narrator.
voice
tone
mood
theme
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The way a writer reveals the personality of a character is...
characterization
foreshadowing
cause and effect
allusion
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Dramatic device in which an important plot point is mentioned earlier in a work to return later
flashback
climax
foreshadowing
motiv
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First person point of view is when...
one of the characters tells the story, using "I", "me", etc.
the narrator focuses on only one character's thoughts.
none of these.
the narrator knows everything.
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A conflict that takes place within a character's own mind.
dynamic
climax
internal
external
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Define inference.
a struggle between opposing characters
manner of expression
the most exciting moment in the story
a guess based on clues
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Referring to how a person, situation, or statement is not as it would actually seem.
irony
point of view
characterization
conflict
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First few pages/chapters where the author describes the setting/mood before action takes place.
climax
exposition
plot
resolution
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Define theme.
The time and place of a story.
How a writer says what he says.
The series of related events that make up a story.
The general idea about life that a work reveals.
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A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
exposition
climax
antagonist
conflict
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Verbal irony occurs when...
the audience has more information than the characters.
the outcome is completely different than expected.
a character says something different than what they mean.
the audience is smarter than the characters.
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A conflict in which a character struggles with an outside force.
conflict
internal
resolution
external
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Define protagonist.
The central character in a literary work.
A dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change
A character who is opposite to the main character.
A dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change
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Element that recurs in stories from many cultures and from many periods of history.
symbol
dialect
allusion
motif
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Literary character who undergoes an important inner change.
protagonist
dynamic
antagonist
static
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A dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change.
dynamic
static
antagonist
protagonist
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A word/object that stands for another word/object.
motif
symbol
style
tone
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Final part of a story in which the conflict is resolved.
plot
resolution
climax
end
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This point of view is when the narrator is all knowing.
second person
third person
first person
omniscient
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Define setting.
the time and place of a story
manner of expression
the central character
a guess based on clues
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The overall atmosphere or feeling of a story.
style
climax
setting
mood
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Irony that occurs when the outcome of a certain situation is completely different than expected
verbal
situational
dramatic
circumstantial
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Plot is...
the series of related events that make up the story.
the vantage point from which the story is told.
a guess based on clues.
the central character in a literary work.
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This explains how or why one thing leads to another.
resolution
plot
conflict
cause and effect
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Writers attitude toward the material and/or readers.
style
tone
theme
mood
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Dramatic irony occurs when...
there's lots of drama taking place
the audience is smarter than the characters/has more info
a character says something different than what they mean
the outcome of a situation is different than expected
