Literary Terms and Parts of Plot

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What is the central message or perception about life revealed through a literary work?

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Theme

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True or False: Every fictional story must include all five elements of fiction (plot, character, conflict, theme, setting).

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True

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What is a type of figurative language in which an animal, thing, force of nature, or idea is described as if it were human or given human characteristics?

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Personification

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What is the term for a writer's intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence?

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Repetition

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What is the sequence of events or what happens in a story called?

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Plot

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What do we call the time and place in which a story occurs?

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Setting

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What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

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Conflict

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What is the character or force that opposes the main character in a story?

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Antagonist

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What is the main character in a story, often facing a conflict?

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Protagonist

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What is the term for the emotional atmosphere of a literary work?

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Mood