Who is telling the story?
What is the literary term for the person telling the story?
What/who is the narrator?
The part of the plot where all the suspense is leading up to and the greatest action occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a simile?
A character that does not change over the course of a story.
What is a static or flat character?
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
What is point of view?
The incident which triggers the primary conflict in the story is the _____________________.
What is the inciting incident?
(It's the first big conflict and/or moment that creates a major change and/or conflict for the protagonist. It incites the action of the story; it sets the real action in motion.)
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
The force or character who opposes the protagonist, main character, is called this?
Who is the antagonist?
When a character in the story tells the story and pronouns such as I, we, us, and me suggests what point of view is being used?
What is first person point of view?
This terms is used to describe the sequence of events in a story. It includes all characters' motivations lying behind the action in a literary work.
What is plot?
When something non-human is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
A character who undergoes a great change or who experiences a revelation throughout a text is called a _____________ character.
What is dynamic or round?
When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story and the readers have insight into a single character's mind and innermost thoughts, but not those of all characters, this is what point of view?
What is third person limited point of view?
(A limited p.o.v. is an outside narrator who only knows what one character thinks and feels.)
The part of the plot right after the climax when readers can catch their breaths as "loose ends" begin to be "tied up" and sorted out; when details are falling into place.
What is the falling action?
"The brother of the brave brown bear is a cowardly lion" is an example of what literary term?
What is alliteration?
A character who shows only one trait or two shallow personality traits is known as what?
What is a flat character?
(Think flat, predictable, and limited in personality traits.)
When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing, this is known as which point of view?
What is third person omniscient point of view?
(Omniscient = all-knowing)
________________ is a struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
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?
A character that shows many different and sometimes contradictory personality traits.
What is a round character?
(Think round and full of different dimensions.)