Fig Lang 1
Lit Terms 1
Plot Structure
Lit Terms 2
Potluck
100

A comparison using the words "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

This is the pattern of the end words in a poem.

What is Rhyme Scheme?

100

This is when the conflict gets resolved and loose ends are tied up.

What is Resolution?

100

The main character of a literary work.

What is Protagonist?

100

When and where a story takes place.

What is Setting.

200

Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

200

Recalling an event that happened in the past.

What is Flashback?

200

Sets up background information and introduces the characters.

What is exposition?

200

Author's attitude towards the subject matter.

What is Tone?

200

What is this rhyme scheme? A mighty creature is the germ, / Though smaller than the pachyderm. / His customary dwelling place / Is deep within the human race.

What is AABB

300

When the first consonant is repeated.

What is consonance? 

300

Hinting at what will happen next in a literary work.

What is Foreshadowing?

300

This is when the central conflict or struggle begins.

What is Inciting Moment/Incident 

300

Feeling of uncertainty about the events in a novel.

What is Suspense?

300

This is when the endings of sentences match each other.

What is parallel structure?

400

When a writer using sound words as description.

What is Onomatopoeia?

400

The "bad guy" in a literary work.

What is Antagonist?

400

This is the turning point of a novel.

What is the Climax?

400

This is when one thing represents another thing.

What is Symbolism?

400

When something is extremely exaggerated.

What is Hyperbole?

500

When a writer gives human qualities to something that isn't alive.

What is Personification?

500

The main idea of the story is known as this.

What is Theme?

500

This is when the conflict lessens.

What is Falling Action?

500

A reference to something or someone famous.

What is Allusion?

500

What is the rhyme scheme? The people along the sand / All turn and look one way. / They turn their back on the land. /They look at the sea all day. /As long as it takes to pass /A ship keeps raising its hull; /The wetter ground like glass / Reflects a standing gull.

What is ABAB CDCD

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