Literary Elements

The methods used by an author to create a character:

*physical appearance

*speech, thoughts, and actions,

*other characters reactions,

*author's direct comments

• Characterization

• Categorizing

• Repetition

• Supporting Details

The quality that provokes laughter or amusement...

• Suspense

• Irony

• Sarcasm

• Humor

A brief statement about the main points from beginning, middle, to ending...

• Summary

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Essay

What is a metaphor?

• a comparison using like or as

• a noun and a verb together

• an extreme exaggeration

• a comparison not using like or as

Which of the below is an example of personification?

• the wind grabbed my umbrella

• the wind was terrible

• the man was cold in the wind

• the cold and the wind were chilling

Plot is defined as

• The arrangement of events in a story

• The climax and rising action

• The resolution 

• Falling action and exposition

when the author goes back in time and describes an earlier event or scene is called...

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• flashback

• exposition

When something in the story represents something else

• Symbolism

• Flashback

• Stanza

• Inference

when setting, point of view, and main characters are introduced

• rising action

• exposition

• initial incident

• climax

What is the climax of a story?

• the solution at the end

• the most important character

• the highest point of action

• the loudest part