Lit Elements - All Definitions

The series of related events that make up a story is called...

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot Pyramid

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The general idea, lesson, or insight about overall life that the writer wishes to express in a literary work is called...

• Theme

• Setting

• Perspective

• Tone

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When and where a story takes place is called...

• Setting

• Mood

• Point of View

• Imagery

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A smaller story embedded in the main overall story used to deepen the overall meaning is called...

• Subplot

• Theme

• Plot

• Internal Conflict

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The chronological order of a story is mixed up, usually by showing a scene or event from the past is called...

• Foreshadowing

• Mystery

• Flashback

• Plot

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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified idea of a particular kind of person, place, or thing is called...

• Stereotype

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Symbolism

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The "good guy" or hero of a story, usually the main character is known as...

• Protagonist

• Narrator

• Antagonist

• Perspective

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A character who is the "bad guy" or villain of the story, or a negative societal force that opposes the main character is called..

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Stereotype

• Dynamic character

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A character who only has one or two sides representing only a few traits is called...

• Flat character

• Round character

• Dynamic character

• Static character

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A charater who is complex and shows many different sides or traits, with back story that develops who they are is called...

• Flat character

• Round character

• Dynamic character

• Static character

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