Figurative Language/Literary Elements Challenge

The main character of a story, often the hero.

• antagonist

• personification

• protagonist

Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

An informed guess about what is likely to happen in a story

• foreshadowing

• prediction

• theme

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicity; an indirect or passing reference.

• irony

• allusion

• personification

The emotional quality of a literary work.

• mood

• plot

• setting

The use of something to represent ideas or qualities of something else.

• symbol(ism)

• suspense

• characterization

Makes a comparison between two unlike things or ideas.

• simile

• characterization

• metaphor

The sequence of events in the story.

• theme

• setting

• plot

The character who opposes the protagonist, an adversary.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• irony

A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next in the story.

• prediction

• mood

• suspense