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Lit Element/Device
Literary Element and Device Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A flashback | is when a character pauses to remember something that happened prior to the current action. |
| Dialogue | is the exact words spoken between characters. It reveals characters’ personalities and brings them to life by showing the reader what they are thinking and feeling. |
| Third-person omniscient | means all-knowing point of view. The narrator stands outside the story and comments on the action. |
| First-person point of view | is when the narrator is a character in the story who tells the story using the pronoun I. |
| Second-person point of view | is when the narrator uses the pronoun you to address the reader directly. |
| Third-person point of view, (limited) | is when the narrator is an outsider to the story who reports the events of the story to the reader. The narrator refers to the characters either by name or by the pronouns he and she. |
| Setting | is the time and place in which the events of a literary work occur. |
| Plot | is the sequence of events in a story. |
| Characters | are the people, animals, or beings in a work. |
| The theme | is the main idea or message a literary work conveys. |
| Point of view | is the relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story. |
| Conflict | is the struggle between opposing forces in the plot of a story. This struggle can occur between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, nature, or fate. |