Literary Terms Review 1

Question 1

a character or force in conflict with the protagonist

Accepted Answer

antagonist

Question 2

a literary work/production that uses source material (The Bible/Shakespeare) as its foundation

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adaptation

Question 3

a struggle between two opposing forces

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conflict

Question 4

conversation between characters

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dialogue

Question 5

a reference to a well-known person, place,event, literary work, or piece of art

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allusion

Question 6

the form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

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dialect

Question 7

a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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character

Question 8

a story written to be performed by actors

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drama

Question 9

the ways in which a person or animal changes over the course of a text

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character development

Question 10

a division of a play

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act

Question 11

highly imaginative text containing elements not found in real life

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fanatasy

Question 12

an author's diction, syntax, or voice

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author's style

Question 13

an author's use of words, with regard to vocabulary, slang, colloquial language, and formality

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diction

Question 14

a list of source materials used in the preparation of or referenced in a piece of writing

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bibliography

Question 15

writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

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figurative language

Questions 15