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Literary Elements
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Literary elements used in a story.
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Who is the antagonist in a story?
The series of related events in a story or a play
The opponent who struggles against the hero.
The hero in a story.
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Imagery in a story is
the use of a language to evoke a picture
a comparison between two unlike things ·
the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
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What is diction in a story or play?
Central character in a story
Time and location of a story
a speaker or writer’s choice of words
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Which of the following is an example a simile
Pretty as a peach.
Strong as an ox
Last night, I slept like a log.
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What is foreshadowing in a story?
clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot
the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
the series of related events in a story or a play
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The protagonist in a story is
the central character in a story or play
a secondary character
the villain
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The atmosphere in a story is
the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing
a brief story told to illustrate a point
The conflict in a story
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Hyperbole is
a comparison between two things
speaker or write's choice of words
Incredible exaggeration or overstatement
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What is the climax in a story?
the form of discourse that tells about a series of events
the series of related events in a story or a play
The moment where the story changes..
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Personification in literature is
the main idea in a story
the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
human feelings or attitudes in an object or animal
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The setting in a story is
the time and location in which a story takes place
the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing
brief story told to illustrate a point
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Onomatopoeia is
The central character in a story
the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
the series of related events in a story or a play
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Which of the following is an example of a personification:
The moon is like a white rose.
Happy as a clam.
the run down house appeared depressed.
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Which of the following is an example of allusion:
Hungry as a horse.
Your backyard is a Garden of Eden
My mom is going to kill me.
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What is the conflict in a story?
the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
the insight about human life that is revealed in a work
the opponent who struggles against the hero in a story
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Which of the following is an example of a personification:
She is as pretty as a rose
Life is like a peach.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse !
Life is a journey!
The night was as black as coal.
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Plot in literature is
the series of related events in a story or a play
same as conflict
the main idea
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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole:
Pretty as a peach.
I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
Life is good.
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What is Alliteration?
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word
A speaker or writer’s choice of words to fit context
The repetition of consonant sounds.
