Literary Elements Exam Quiz! Trivia

A major character in a book, play or movie whose values or behavior are in conflict with those of the hero.

The narrator can tell the reader things that the main character does not know.

The main character in a drama, novel, or story, around whom the action centers

The minor characters in the drama, novel, or story.

A person, place or thing that stands for itself and for something beyond itself, as well.

A reference to a statment, a person, place or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.

The use of clues to hint at events that woill occur later in the plot.

The part of the plot that gives information about the caracters and theeir problems or conflicts.

A series of related events that make up a story or drama.

A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense.

The final part of the story that "unravels the knot."

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.

When the audience or reader is aware of something that the character does not know.

A minor character in a work of fiction that does not undergo a substantial change.

Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.

Expression is peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.

A contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality.

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common; the process of describing one thing as if it were another.

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.

A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common; the process of describing one thing as if it were another.

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.

A reference to a statement, a person, place or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common; the process of describing one thing as if it were another.

Language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

Language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).

The sound of the word imitates the real sound.

Saying one thing but meaning something else.

An exaggerated statement used for effect and not meant to be taken literally.

Language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the word.

The sound of the word imitates the original sound.

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.

When the audience or reader is aware of something that the character does not know.

The narrator can tell the reader things that the main character does not know.

A reference to a statment, a person, place or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.

The narrator can tell the reader things that the main character does not know.

A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense.

A person, place or thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itslef as well.

The use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule. to criticize faults

The use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule. to criticize faults

A person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself, as well.

When the audience or reader is aware of something that the character does not know.

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.

A secondary or subordinate plot in a story or drama

A series of complications in a story or drama

A struggle or a clash between oppopsing characters or opposing forces

That part of a plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts

The final part of the story that "unravels the knot."

A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

The events that result from from the action taken at the turning point in a story or drama.

The moment in the story when a choice made by the character determines the direction of the action

A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

The moment in the story when a choice made by the character determines the direction of the action

That part of a plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts

A struggle or a clash between oppopsing characters or opposing forces

The moment in the story when a choice made by the character determines the direction of the action

That part of a plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts

The final part of the story that "unravels the knot."

A series of complications in a story or drama

Language that appeals to the senses.

A contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality.

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

A longer, more detailed comparison of two ideas or situations.

A series of complications in a story or drama

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

A longer, more detailed comparison of two ideas or situations

A contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality.

A contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality.

Lnguage that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

A longer, more detailed comparison of two ideas or situations

A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

A contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality.

A series of complications in a story or drama

A longer, more detailed comparison of two ideas or situations

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

A secondary or subordinate plot

The moment when a choice is made by the main character

A series of complications in a story or drama

Pertains to who tells the story and how it is told

A struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces

The final part of the story that "unravels the knot."

A secondary or subordinate plot in a story or drama

Pertains to who tells the story and how it is told

A series of complications or events that make up a story or drama

Pertains to who tells the story and how it is told

The events that result from the action at the turning point of the story

A secondary or subordinate plot

A secondary or subordinate plot

The events that result from the action at the turning point of the story

A series of complications or events that make up a story or drama

The storyteller repeats the main outline of an epidode several times