Literary Terms
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- Q1A person, place, or object which has a meaning but also stands for something elseSymbolflashbackthemeconflict20s
- Q2StorylineConflictGenreCharactersPlot20s
- Q3the outcome of a storySymbolismPerspectiveGenreResolution20s
- Q4Hints or clues about what's going to happen in the storyFirst PersonPlotFlashbackForeshadowing20s
- Q5This is the thing or person working against the main character in the storyDialogueProtagonisAntagonistPerspective20s
- Q6The contrast between what is expected and what actually is.PlotIronyVenn DiagramConflict20s
- Q7The narrator is a person or figure outside of the story explaining what happens to the charactersFirst PersonFourth PersonThird PersonSecond Person20s
- Q8The author's attitude toward a subjectSymbolismMoodToneDialogue20s
- Q9The main problem in a storyConflictFlashbackPlotMood20s
- Q10The first part, or introduction, to a story:ExpositionPlotRising ActionClimax20s
- Q11Whose eyes you are looking through...PlotPerspectiveExpositionForeshadowing20s
- Q12Category of literatureGenreCharacterizationFictionDialogue20s
- Q13Going back in time during the narrative...PlotForeshadowingFlashbackTheme20s
- Q14An attribute that describes a character's personality:PerspectiveCharacter traitDialoguePhysical trait20s
- Q15Spoken conversation in literature:SymolismDramaAntagonistDialogue20s