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Short Stories/Literary Elements Terms Review

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  • Q1
    Time, place and physical characteristics of where a story takes place.
    exposition
    setting
    plot
    mood
    60s
  • Q2
    Assigning human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
    simile
    allusion
    imagery
    personification
    60s
  • Q3
    Force or character working against the main character.
    antagonist
    protagonist
    mood
    tone
    60s
  • Q4
    Contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually exits or happens.
    allusion
    satire
    irony
    flashback
    60s
  • Q5
    Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject.
    irony
    mood
    word choice
    tone
    60s
  • Q6
    Person, animal, or creature in a literary work.
    antagonist
    protagonist
    character
    allusion
    60s
  • Q7
    Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom the audience tends to identify.
    satire
    antagonist
    character
    protagonist
    60s
  • Q8
    Comparison of two unlike things, using like or as.
    metaphor
    simile
    allusion
    personification
    60s
  • Q9
    Hints to the reader as to what may happen later in the text.
    word choice
    dialect
    plot
    foreshadowing
    60s
  • Q10
    Descriptive language appealing to the senses.
    dialogue
    word choice
    imagery
    metaphor
    60s
  • Q11
    Struggle between character and outside force
    external conflict
    internal conflict
    protagonist
    antagonist
    60s
  • Q12
    Comparison of two things that have some quality in common, without using like or as.
    satire
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
    60s
  • Q13
    A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.
    tone
    theme
    allusion
    mood
    60s
  • Q14
    Language used by the author for specific effect.
    mood
    dialect
    allusion
    tone
    60s
  • Q15
    Struggle within a single character,
    internal conflict
    analogy
    external conflict
    plot
    60s

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