Plot Elements
Quiz by Jill Geesey
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- Q1Author gives hints or clues that events may occur laterForeshadowing30s
- Q2action or idea that goes back in an earlier timeFlashback30s
- Q3The use of specific objects or imagesSymbolism30s
- Q4an idea or action from the current time to the futureFlashfoward30s
- Q5is a change in the expected development of a fictional workPlot twist30s
- Q6Mental or emotional strainTension30s
- Q7A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meantVerbal Irony30s
- Q8When the reader knows something that the character doesn'tDramatic Irony30s
- Q9The contrast between what happens and what is expectedSituational Irony30s
- Q10the emotional condition formed by the piece within the settingAtmosphere30s
- Q11the problem in the storyconflict30s
- Q12when a character struggles against another person, nature , or thingExternal conflict30s
- Q13the struggle occurring within a character's mindInternal Conflict30s
- Q14See imageA struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character30s
- Q15told from the narrator's point of view, using "I"; narrator is part of the storyfirst person point of view30s