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Literary&Elements
English
Question | Answer | |
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the begining of words | Alliteration | |
a referance to something else that is well known (another piece of literature, an object, a person, or an event) | Allusion | |
a short tale of an incident, generally highly interesting of comical | Anecdote | |
the character in a story who opposes the main character in some way | Antagonist | |
similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or nearby words ( ex.Susie's loose tooth) | Assonance | |
the writer's personal opinion about the topic (usually a stubbornly-held opinion) | Bias | |
the process of presenting aspects of a character within a story or other narrative | Characterization | |
the highest point of suspense | Climax | |
the main problem in the plot of a piece of literature; a struggle between two people, things, groups, or ideas | Conflict | |
the reptition of a pattern of consonants within words (Ex. Zack's acrobatic act) | Consonance | |
the turning point in a story | Crisis | |
the part of a fiction plot that follows the resolution of the conflict | Denouement | |
word choice; the use of particular words to convey meaning to the reader(can be formal or informal, concrete or abstract) | Diction | |
the introduction to a story; the part that tells readers about the setting and characters of the story | Exposition | |
a story with a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning; a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Allegory |