Literary Elements Review

The _______ ____ of a text is what it is mostly about; the unifying element of a story.

________________ is when an author describes or shows a character's traits. It is the method they use to build the personality of a character.

Match the following

• exaggeration for effect

• claim

• a struggle between opposing foces

• connotation

• what a word implies

• dialogue

• conversation between characters

• hyperbole

• a statement a writer is trying to prove

• conflict

A ​ (a)   is an opposing claim that argues against a claim already stated.

• counterclaim
• claim
• connotation

(a)   is the dictionary definition of a word, while ​ (b)   is what the word implies or what your emotional association is with that word.

• Denotation
• connotation
• Claim
• counterclaim
• Implication

When two characters have a conversation, this is called what?

• dialogue
• monologue
• prologue
• soliloquy

Proof from a reliable or credible source that helps prove your argument/claim is called ________?

• Opinion
• Rumor
• Evidence
• Hearsay

_________ is when the chronological timeline of events is interrupted to relate an event from an earlier time.

• foreshadowing

• present tense
• flashsideways
• flashback

​ (a)   is the use of clues or hints in a literary work that suggest events that will occur in the future.

• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Plot twist

Deliberate exaggeration for effect is called _________.