Literary Elements
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- Q1Repetition of initial consonant soundsAlliteration30s
- Q2An account of the writer's own life.Autobiography30s
- Q3The qualities that make up a character's personalityCharacter Traits30s
- Q4A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.Dialect30s
- Q5A piece of prose writing, usually short, that deals with a subject in a limited way and expresses a particular point of view.Essay30s
- Q6Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.Figurative Language30s
- Q7Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme schemeFree Verse30s
- Q8A story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsLegend30s
- Q9Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readerMood30s
- Q10A poem that tells a storyNarrative Poem30s
- Q11A word that imitates the sound it represents.Onomatopoeia30s
- Q12Sequence of events in a storyPlot30s
- Q13Any writing that is not poetryProse30s
- Q14A comparison using like or asSimile30s
- Q15An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.Symbol30s
