Literary Elements

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What is the setting of a story?

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The setting is the place where the story happens. It includes the time and location, and it can create a specific mood or feeling.

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What is falling action in a story?

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Falling action is the part of the story characterized by tension that is decreasing and leads the reader to the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications.

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What is a flashback?

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A flashback is a literary device that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time.

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What is rising action in a story?

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Rising action is the part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated, leading to the climax or turning point.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things, such as in the phrase 'The wind whistled softly through the night.'

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What is the climax of a story?

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The climax is the turning point of the story, where the main conflict reaches its highest intensity.

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What is exposition in a story?

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Exposition is the introduction of background information, such as setting, characters, and the initial conflict.

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What is a theme in literature?

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A theme is the central idea or underlying message in a literary work.

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What is foreshadowing?

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Foreshadowing is a literary device used to give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'