Literary Elements






Elements of Fiction Figurative Language Characterization/Narrative POV Grammar Story Elements
Protagonist
The principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) is called the ?
Simile
A comparison of two things using the words Like or As
Dynamic character
A character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.
berries
Choose the word that best completes the sentence:
The bush's ________were ripe and ready to be picked.
berry's berries' barrys berries
Flashback
An interrupt the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life is known as
Antagonist
The principal opponent or foil of the main character is called the ?
Metaphor
A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated
Direct Characterization
The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.
Connotation
_________is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning
Climax
The decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling is known as the
Round characters
Fully developed, multi-dimensional characters that come into conflict with other characters in believable ways, spurring character development are called?
Personification
When you give an object or animal human behaviors
Third Person
The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like is this type of POV
are
Which verb best completes the sentence:
Jack and his friends ____in the pool playing Marco Polo. are is be was

Motivation
_________ is what drives a character's goals and inclination to do something.
Flat characters

Two-dimensional characters that are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work are called?
Hyperbole
A figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or effect
Static Character
One that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end is a ?
B
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A) "Why has my schedule changed? asked Jeff."
B) "Why has my schedule changed?" asked Jeff.

Imagery
________ is descriptive language used to appeal to a reader's senses: touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight
Inciting Incident
The event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative is the?
Idiom
A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.
Third Person Objective
When a narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters it is this type of POV
They're is a contraction of the words they and are. There is an adverb that means in or at that place.
Their means belonging to them.
What is the meaning of each of these words?
Their There They're
Mood
______ is a device that evokes certain feelings for readers through a work's setting, tone, theme, and diction.
Allusion
Hints at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing.

Mrs Reilly's Final exam review 2022

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