Literary Devices Pre-Assessment

What is a character?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• An earlier event is inserted into the plot. This can often be presented as a memory.

• the struggle between opposing forces.

What is conflict?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• An earlier event is inserted into the plot. This can often be presented as a memory.

• the struggle between opposing forces.

What is foreshadowing?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• An earlier event is inserted into the plot. This can often be presented as a memory.

• A hint about what will happen next

What is a flashback?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• An earlier event is inserted into the plot. This can often be presented as a memory.

• A hint about what will happen next

What is setting?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• The time and place of the story is the setting.

• A hint about what will happen next

What is point of view?

• the perspective of the story.

• a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• The time and place of the story is the setting.

• A hint about what will happen next

What is a protagonist?

• the perspective of the story.

• the character or force in conflict with the protagonist

• the main character, usually the “good guy"

• A hint about what will happen next

What is an antagonist?

• the perspective of the story.

• the character or force in conflict with the protagonist

• the main character, usually the “good guy"

• A hint about what will happen next

What is internal conflict?

• exists when a character struggles against some outside force.

• the character or force in conflict with the protagonist

•  the conflicts exists within the mind of a character who is torn between different courses of action.

• A hint about what will happen next

What is external conflict?

• the conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force.

• the character or force in conflict with the protagonist

•  the conflicts exists within the mind of a character who is torn between different courses of action.

• A hint about what will happen next