People
the main character in a story
A) Protagonist
B)Antagonist
Protagonist
The structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction.
A) setting
B) Plot
C) climax
plot
The way a story gets told and who tells it.
A) point of view
B) foreshadowing
C) Conflict
point of view
Struggle between a literary character and an outside force.
A) External conflict
B) internal conflict
external conflict
A figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing is another. (without using "like" or "as"
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) analogy
metaphor
The character of force against whom the main character struggles.
A) Protagonist
B)antagonist
Antagonist
Otherwise known as a turning point, it is the moment in a story of greatest intensity or emotion.
A) resolution
B)climax
climax
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. There are 3 different types.
A) Foil
B) Irony
C) rising action
Irony
Psychological, moral, or emotional struggle within the mind of a literary character.
A)external conflict
B) internal conflict
internal conflict
the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Uses "like" or "as"
simile
when animals or inanimate objects are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions.
A) hyperbole
b) personification
C) metaphor
personification
The physical location and/or historical time where a story occurs.
A)setting
B) Satire
C) falling action
setting
When something happens that we wouldn't expect to happen.
A)situational
B)Verbal
C) Dramatic
Situational
unified group of lines in poetry.
A) stanza
B) syntax
stanza
the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character. examples: serious, humorous, sarcastic.
A)Tone
B)mood
tone
otherwise known as a flat character, one whose personality does not change or evolve over the course of a story.
A) dynamic character
B) Static character
Static character
Word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level.
A) character
B)plot
C) symbol
symbol
The reader knows something that the characters do not.
A)situational
B)Verbal
C) Dramatic
Dramatic
is the struggle found in fiction. It may be internal or external and is best seen in (1) Man vs Man: (2) Man vs Nature; (3) Man vs self.
A)conflict
B) Allegory
Conflict
Choice of particular words as opposed to others.
A) diction
B) Allegory
diction
otherwise known as a round character, one whose personality changes or evolves over the course of a story.
A) static character
B) Dynamic Character
dynamic character
Central idea or statement that unifies an entire literary work.The lesson or moral of the literary work.
A) Theme
B) Allusion
theme
what is said is different than what is meant
A)situational
B)Verbal
C) Dramatic
Verbal
is language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.
A) Mood
B)imagery
C) personification
Imagery
Otherwise known as mood; emotional feelings inspired by a work.
A) Atmosphere
B) Flashback
atmosphere