Who is telling the story?
PLOT
Important Story Pieces
Figurative Language
Author's Choice/Other
100
What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story in a fictional piece of work?
The narrator
100
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
the climax
100
What literary term is defined as a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work?
a character?
100
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
a simile
100
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the word "Game" in "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is a symbol?
200
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
point of view
200
The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?
the rising action
200
The time and place of the action in a literary work is known as what?
What is the setting?
200
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
a metaphor
200
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject defines what literary term?
tone
300
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
First person point of view
300
The part of the plot where the action is starting to come to a close is known as what?
falling action
300
What literary term can be defined as the sequence of events in a literary work?
plot
300
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
personification
300
An author's specific way of writing, word choices, etc. describes what literary term?
What is style
400
When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story from a limited viewpoint, this is what point of view?
third person limited point of view
400
The part of the plot where all "loose ends" are tied up and the problem(s) have been solved is known as what?
the resolution
400
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses is known as what?
sensory imagery or sensory language
400
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
400
A character that shows only one trait, and they never change throughout the story or play is known as what?
a flat character
500
When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing, this is known as which point of view?
3rd person omniscient point of view
500
The part of the plot where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is known as what?
What iexposition
500
The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
theme
500
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
hyperbole
500
TP-CASTT stands for what and why is it used? (you must be able to label five of the letters!)
t-title
p - paraphrase
c - connotation
a - attitude
s - shift
t - title (again!)
t - theme
Continue
ESC
Reveal Correct Response
Spacebar
M
e
n
u
Team 1
0
+
-
Literary Terms Jeopardy (9th Grade)
No teams
1 team
2 teams
3 teams
4 teams
5 teams
6 teams
7 teams
8 teams
9 teams
10 teams
Custom
Press
F11
Select menu option
View > Enter Fullscreen
for full-screen mode
Edit