PLOT TERMS
LITERARY TERMS
TYPES OF CHARACTERS
BIG DOGS
MISCELLANEOUS
100
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
100
The feeling created by the literary work or the passage
What is MOOD?
100
A character who changes over the course of a literary work.
What is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER?
100
The topic of a text
What is SUBJECT?
100
A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike, without using "like" or "as."
What is a METAPHOR?
200
The events that lead up to the climax.
What is RISING ACTION?
200
The main character
What is the PROTAGONIST?
200
A character who doesn't change over the course of a literary work?
What is a STATIC CHARACTER?
200
The message of a text (what the author is saying about the subject).
What is MAIN IDEA?
200
A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike, using "like" or "as."
What is a SIMILE?
300
The turning point in a story
What is CLIMAX?
300
The character in direct conflict with the protagonist.
What is the ANTAGONIST?
300
A character with only one characteristic.
What is a FLAT CHARACTER?
300
A universal understanding of human experience shown through the text.
What is THEME?
300
Language that paints a picture in the reader's head.
What is IMAGERY?
400
The events that happen after the climax.
What is FALLING ACTION?
400
The position or angle from which a story is told.
What is POINT OF VIEW?
400
A character with many different characteristics.
What is a ROUND CHARACTER?
400
Why the author wrote the piece.
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
400
He wrote"The Cask of Amontillado."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
The part of a work that explains background, setting, and introduces characters.
What is EXPOSITION?
500
The writer's attitude toward the subject.
What is TONE?
500
The point of view where a character in the story is the narrator.
What is FIRST PERSON?
500
A verb often used to give the author's purpose.
What is ENTERTAIN, PERSUADE, DESCRIBE, IDENTIFY, ILLUSTRATE, or INSTRUCT?
500
He wrote "Man From the South."
Who is Roald Dahl?
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