Literary Elements

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What is conflict?

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A struggle between two opposing forces.

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What is the best definition of imagery?

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Language that appeals to the reader's five senses.

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What point of view uses 'they' and 'she'?

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3rd person.

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What type of stories come from the author's imagination?

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Fiction.

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What is based on a person or event from history?

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Historical fiction.

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What is a character's struggle against an outside force called?

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External conflict.

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What is a character's internal struggle called?

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Internal conflict.

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What is the term for the main idea or underlying meaning of a story?

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Theme.

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What literary element gives human traits to non-human things?

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Personification.

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What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

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Setting.