Who is telling the story?
What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story?
What is the narrator?
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
What literary term is defined as a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work?
What is a character?
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a simile?
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
Irony
External Conflict - Man vs. Man
The time and place of the action in a literary work is known as what?
What is the setting?
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
What type of irony occurs when the actual outcome of an event or situation is the exact opposite of what was reasonably expected? It occurs when there is a striking contrast between expectation and reality. For example, a Fire House burning down
Situational Irony
What kind of conflict occurs when a person encounters an event like a tornado or a blizzard?
External: Man vs. Nature
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the jars in "1,000 Year Old Ghosts"
A Symbol (or Symbolism)
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
What type of irony occurs when a speaker intentionally says one thing but means the complete opposite. This is similar to sarcasm.
Verbal Irony
What kind of conflict is described when a person is at a crossroads or has an important decision to make?
Internal Conflict
A narrative device where an author drops subtle clues, hints, or warnings about events that will occur later in a story. It builds suspense, creates anticipation, and prepares the audience for upcoming plot twists
Foreshadowing
The act of placing two or more things—such as concepts, images, characters, or objects—side by side to highlight their differences, reveal surprising similarities, or create a new meaning.
Juxtaposition
What type of irony occurs when one or more characters know about something that another character is unaware of, and it often contributes to the conflict.
Dramatic Irony
What kind of conflict occurs when a person has a struggle against social norms, laws, or systemic oppression, such as fighting a corrupt government, systemic racism, or cultural expectations.
External - Person vs. Society
The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
What is theme.
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
What is a hyperbole?
What type of irony is present in this example:
"Wow, you really aced that test. I can totally tell by the way you were guessing all the answers."
Verbal Irony