Literary Terms
When a character has to deal with internal forces in a story.
What is internal conflict?
The empire that created the pyramids in northeastern Africa
What is Egypt?
The author of Romeo and Juliet
Who is William Shakespeare?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
"dog" in "The dog chased the rabbit."
noun
The story of someone's life, written by someone else
What is a biography?
The Greek philosopher after whom the Socratic teaching method is named
Who is Socrates?
The author of Tom Sawyer
Who is Mark Twain?
A word that replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
"jumps" in "He jumps over the fence."
verb
When an author relates something that happened at an earlier time
What is flashback?
The spreading of ideas, beliefs, customs, and technology from one group of people to another group of people
What is cultural diffusion?
The author of The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
A word that describes or modifies a noun
What is an adjective?
"red" in "I have a red car."
adjective
A character who opposes the main character.
What is an antagonist?
The Macedonian leader that conquered all of Greece, the Persian Empire, and Egypt
Who is Alexander the Great?
The author of The Awakening
Who is Kate Chopin?
A word that shows action
What is a verb?
"of" in "The bag of chips is open."
preposition
A character with few personality traits who serves more as a category than a rounded character
What is a stereotype?
The Roman emperor who was killed on March 15 (the Ides of March)
Who is Julius Caesar?
The author of Great Expectations
Who is Charles Dickens?
A word that describes or modifies a verb
What is an adverb?
"slowly" in "He moved slowly through the water."
adverb