Literary Elements
The attitude of the writer.
What is tone?
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
What is fiction?
The main character in a story.
What is protagonist?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
The way the writer wants a reader to feel.
What is mood?
The people in a story.
What are the characters?
Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
What is nonfiction?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
What is the antagonist?
A comparison when one thing is said to me another.
What is metaphor.
Word choice.
What is diction?
The events of the story.
What is plot?
A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
What is tragedy?
A character who changes can be described as ____.
What is dynamic?
A reference.
What is allusion?
A warning or indication of a future event.
What is foreshadowing?
The main idea of a story.
What is theme?
Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
What is poetry?
A character who stays the same can be described as _____.
What is static?
Opposites placed side by side.
What is oxymoron?
When the narrative stops and an event that occurred before is visited.
What is flashback?
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
What is the climax?
A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
What is short story?
A well-developed character.
What is a round character?
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?