Literary Elements Quiz

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

• Summary

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Essay

Ideas used to influence the point of view of others and gain supporters...

• generalization

• graphic sources

• propaganda

• inference

A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens...

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• conflict

• irony

Anything that stands for or represents something else...

• theme

• mood

• symbol

• idiom

The character opposing or going against the main character in a literary work...

• antagonist

• static character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

A figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things or subjects without the use of like or as...

• simile

• idiom

• imagery

• metaphor

Putting events in order...

• sequence

• categorizing

• organizing

• sythesizing

A feeling of growing tension or excitement...

• humor

• suspense

• understatement

• motif

A type of literary non fictional text in which a person writes a story about their own life and experiences

• autobiography

• memoir

• biography

• speech

writing or speech that appeals to the 5 senses...

• sensory language

• figurative language

• diction

• connotation