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literary elements
Question | Answer |
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foreshadowing | An author's use of hints or clues to help the reader to predict what will happen in a story |
symbol | A concrete object that represents an abstract idea |
plot | The events in a story in chronological order |
theme | An author's statement about life, people, and/or institutions |
irony | when something unexpected happens in a story |
setting | time and place of a story |
mood | the dominant (or main) feeling in a story |
imagery | words that create pictures in our minds |
point of view | Point of view refers to who is telling or narrating a story. |
simile | comparing two things using the words like or as |
metaphor | comparing two things WITHOUT using the words like or as |
personification | giving human qualities to nonliving things |
characterization | the traits that describe the character |
conflict | a conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces |