ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name for the people, animals, or personified objects in a story?
A
Characters
B
Setting
C
Plot elements
D
Personnel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Anthropomorphism? Anthropomorphism is a literary device that assigns human characteristics to nonhuman entities like animals or inanimate objects. Examples of anthropomorphism can be found in narratives both old and new. Anthropomorphic characters appear in ancient Greek myths and many of Aesop’s Fables.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics or behaviors to an animal, object, or a god.

Detailed explanation-3: -Characters are the people or animals in a story. The setting tells where and when the story takes place. The plot of a story is made up of the problem, important events, and the resolution. The theme is the central message.

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification occurs when something nonhuman is described with human characteristics. Anthropomorphism refers to a nonhuman entity consciously behaving like a human.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is Anthropomorphism? Anthropomorphism is a powerful literary tool in which non-humans literally possess physical, emotional, or intellectual human traits. It’s commonly used with animals or inanimate objects, but you can anthropomorphize any non-human entity.

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