Literary Elements
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- Q1Which literary element is the perspective from which a story is told?MoodSettingPoint of viewTheme30s
- Q2What literary element refers to the feeling or atmosphere the author creates for the reader?ForeshadowingCharacterizationMoodIrony30s
- Q3Which literary element involves the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story?SymbolismForeshadowingAllusionFlashback30s
- Q4In literature, what literary element refers to the underlying message or main idea of a work?DialoguePlotThemeConflict30s
- Q5Which literary element involves the time and place in which a story takes place?ProtagonistSettingResolutionClimax30s
- Q6What literary element is used to give human traits or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas?PersonificationSimileMetaphorHyperbole30s
- Q7Which literary element involves the use of words or phrases that appeal to the senses, creating vivid images in the reader's mind?AlliterationHyperboleOnomatopoeiaImagery30s
- Q8What literary element is a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs in a situation?IronySymbolismFlashbackForeshadowing30s
- Q9Which literary element involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close to each other?OnomatopoeiaConsonanceAssonanceAlliteration30s
- Q10What literary element refers to the sequence of events that make up a story?PlotCharacterizationSettingTheme30s