Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Literary Terms 4
Literary Terms 5
100
What is all of the emotions attached to a word?
Connotation
100
What is The dictionary definition of a word?
Denotation
100
What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?
Metaphor
100
What is a comparison using like or as?
Simile
100
What is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
200
What is a graphic or vivid verbal description.
Characterization
200
What is a serious disagreement or arguement?
Conflict
200
What is a psychological conflict within the central character?
Internal Conflict
200
What is conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie?
Dialogue
200
What is a struggle occurring outside the mind of a character?
External Conflict
300
What is a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story?
Flashback
300
What is it called when a character expresses his/her feelings?
Characterization
300
What is an emotion the author wants a reader to feel in a story?
Mood
300
What is a statement that contradicts itself, but may be true?
Paradox
300
What are the events that make up as story?
Plot
400
What is the beginning of the story that gives important details?
Exposition
400
What is a situation that causes a problem in the story
Complication
400
What is the most important or exciting part of a story?
Climax
400
What is is the solution or answer at the end of a story?
Resolution
400
What is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification?
Analogy
500
What is a warning or indication of a future event?
Foreshadowing
500
What is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person?
Anecdote
500
What is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference?
Allusion
500
(DAILY DOUBLE!!!!) What is a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered?
Rhetorical Question
500
What is a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary?
Antagonist
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