Literary Terms
Laughter is the best medicine is an example of which literary term?
Metaphor
This point of view in writing uses the pronoun I.
First Person
Two characters engaging in conflict in the story is know as what type of conflict?
Man v. Man, Person v. Person, Protagonist v. Antagonist
What is the punctuation used to stop a complete sentence?
Period .
A person, place or thing.
Noun
I am so hungry I could eat a horse is an example of what literary term?
Hyperbole
This point of view uses the pronoun you.
Second Person
Man v. Nature, or Person v. Nature
A punctuation mark used to precede a list of items is what?
Colon :
He, she, Her, They, Them, Us, are all examples of what?
Pronouns
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper is an example of what literary term?
Alliteration
This narrator is distant from the pot, and tells the story from the close perspective of the characters. Uses the pronouns he/she/they/etc.
Third Person Limited
The novel sets a character against a tradition, institution, a law or another social construct is an example of which type of conflict?
Person v. Society
A form of punctuation used to join two or more words to form compound words.
Hyphen -
A word that expresses actions, states of being or occurrences.
Verb
When the author hints at events which have not yet happened in the story is an example of what literary term?
Foreshadowing
The narrator is distant from the story, and the story is told from the perspective of different characters viewpoints, and includes information about these characters. Uses the Pronouns He/She/They/Etc.
Third Person Omniscient
Robots and humans coming into conflict would be an example of which type of conflict?
Person v. Technology
This sentence is an example of which type of punctuation ()? The Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench) is the deepest part of the world's oceans.
Parenthesis
Describe or modify a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives
Appeals to the readers senses through descriptive language is the definition of which literary term?
Imagery
The way the story is told is what literary term?
Point of View
A character is struggling in their own mind or heart. This is what type of conflict?
Man v. Self or Person v. Self
This punctuation mark is used to omit a word, or phrase or sentence that is not necessary.
Ellipsis ...
Describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Adverb