Literary Elements Part 1

Question 1

Clues given by the author that prepare readers for events that will happen in the story

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foreshadow

Question 2

The main message of the work, or moral of the story

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theme

Question 3

The emotions that a literary work sparks in the reader

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mood

Question 4

Characters who change a little or not at all

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static characters

Question 5

An educated guess based on information given by the author

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inference

Question 6

The spoken words between two or more person or characters

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dialogue

Question 7

A character who provides a striking contrast, or different, to a main character

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foil characters

Question 8

An interruption in the chronological order of the story

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flashback

Question 9

the creation and development of characters

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characterization

Question 10

The author’s feeling toward the subject they are writing about

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tone

Question 11

Characters who significantly change throughout the story

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dynamic characters

Question 12

The time and place in which the events occur

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setting

Questions 12