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Literary Elements30
Literary Elements 1-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The main character of the story sometimes called the hero. | Protagonist |
| A character of force in conflict with the main character, sometimes called the villain. | Antagonist |
| A Person or animal who takes part in the action of the story. | Character |
| A comparison using "like" or "as". e.g. I am "as" happy "as" a cricket | Simile |
| A direct comparison not using "like" or "as". e.g. I am a witch. | Metaphor |
| Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing. | Personification |
| The time and place of a story. | Setting |
| The series of events in a story. | Plot |
| The perspective from which the story is told. 3 types: 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient | Point of View |
| Story told through the narrator's eyes. Uses "I". | 1st Person |
| A story told from one point of view. It does not use "I" in the narration. | 3rd Person Limited |
| The narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks. It does not use "I" in the narration. | 3rd Person Omniscient |
| A struggle between two forces. | Confilct |
| The turning point of a story. It is the high point of the action with the greatest tension. | Climax |
| The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story. | Foreshadowing |
| An interruption in a story to go back to a previous event in time. | Flashback |
| Surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions. (Not what is actually expected) | Irony |
| The central message, concern, or pupose in a literary work. | Theme |
| The repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words. e.g. Feathered friends | Alliteration |
| The repeated use of a sound, word or phrase (Usually in poetry) | Repetition |
| Exaggeration meant to produce a particular effect | Hyperbole |
| The repetition of sounds at the end of words; often used in poetry | Rhyme |
| Poetry that tells a story. | Narrative Poetry |
| Poetry that expresses the poet's thoughts and feelings in musical, sensory language. | Lyric Poetry |
| Expressions that are not meant to be taken literally. | Figures of Speech |
| The part of the literary work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation. | Exposition |
| The use of words that imitate sounds. e.g. woof | Onomatopoeia |
| The outcome of the conflict in a plot | Resolution |
| Words or phrases that appeal to oneor more of the five senses. | Imagery |
| A reference to a well known person, events, place, literary work or work of art. | Allusion |
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