Literary Terms
The sequence of events in the story
What is plot?
Figurative language that adds description by appealing to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
This is where one character conflicts with another.
What is man vs man (person vs person) conflict?
a short story about Rachel on her eleventh birthday.
What is "Eleven"?
Main character in fiction or drama
What is a protagonist?
Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in the story.
What is suspense?
Compares two unlike things using like, as, resembles, or than
What is a simile?
There’s a character might be conflicted with their own feelings or have two opposing goals.
What is man vs self (person vs self) conflict?
a poem centered around an unnamed narrator's journey into madness after realizing he will never forget his lost Lenore.
What is "The Raven"?
One of the characters is actually the narrator telling the story, using pronouns I, me, and my.
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
Intentional exaggeration (often extreme) for emphasis or comedic effect
What is a hyperbole?
This is where the main character conflicts with a government, system, or a societal mindset
What is man vs society (person vs society) conflict?
It is about a teenage girl named Jill, who has been told she is a perfectionist.
What is "Pancakes"?
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
What is symbolism?
The current action of the story is interrupted by a clear or distinct memory to reveal important or interesting past events
What is a flashback?
a comparison of unlike things that does not use like or as, but instead sets the two things equal
What is a metaphor?
This is where the main character conflicts with an animal, weather, the terrain, or some other facet of nature.
What is man vs nature (person vs nature) conflict?
a man who claims to hunt animals for fun becoming the hunted.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
Ms. Barfield's favorite color?
What is purple?
The "moral" or message of a story
What is theme?
Giving human traits to non-human things
What is personification?
sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.
What is external conflict?
What is "The Lottery"?
Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in the plot; usually when the conflict is decided.
What is a climax?