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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE PART 2

  • 1. the general emotional feel of a story. Examples include mysterious, inspiring, and humorous.
  • 2. a comparison between two things that are different, but similar in some way
  • 3. a person, animal, or personified object (a talking car) in a story
  • 4. tension caused when the hero’s desires are frustrated by opposing forces in a story
  • 5. an implied, often emotional, meaning of a word or phrase
  • 6. the audience knows more about a dramatic situation than the characters in- volved.
  • 7. a piece of writing featuring imaginary people and events
  • 8. the attitude a piece of writing expresses toward its subject.
  • 9. when and where a story or novel takes place
  • 10. what the main character desperately wants or needs, but has trouble getting.
  • 11. a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words like or as
  • 12. exaggeration for a certain effect in a story, poem, or script
  • 13. something that stands for an idea
  • 14. the action in a story. It is usually generated by a conflict between a hero who wants some- thing and a person or force opposing him
  • 15. a piece of writing featuring imaginary people and events
  • a. analogy
  • b. setting
  • c. conflict
  • d. connotation
  • e. problem
  • f. mood
  • g. symbol
  • h. hyperbole
  • i. fiction
  • j. simile
  • k. plot
  • l. tone
  • m. fiction
  • n. dramatic irony
  • o. character
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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE PART 2 (Answer Key)

  • f 1. the general emotional feel of a story. Examples include mysterious, inspiring, and humorous.
  • a 2. a comparison between two things that are different, but similar in some way
  • o 3. a person, animal, or personified object (a talking car) in a story
  • c 4. tension caused when the hero’s desires are frustrated by opposing forces in a story
  • d 5. an implied, often emotional, meaning of a word or phrase
  • n 6. the audience knows more about a dramatic situation than the characters in- volved.
  • i 7. a piece of writing featuring imaginary people and events
  • l 8. the attitude a piece of writing expresses toward its subject.
  • b 9. when and where a story or novel takes place
  • e 10. what the main character desperately wants or needs, but has trouble getting.
  • j 11. a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words like or as
  • h 12. exaggeration for a certain effect in a story, poem, or script
  • g 13. something that stands for an idea
  • k 14. the action in a story. It is usually generated by a conflict between a hero who wants some- thing and a person or force opposing him
  • m 15. a piece of writing featuring imaginary people and events
  • a. analogy
  • b. setting
  • c. conflict
  • d. connotation
  • e. problem
  • f. mood
  • g. symbol
  • h. hyperbole
  • i. fiction
  • j. simile
  • k. plot
  • l. tone
  • m. fiction
  • n. dramatic irony
  • o. character

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