Point-of-View
Figurative Language
Characters
Plot Devices
Miscellaneous
100
An outside narrator knows all of the characters' thoughts
What is third person omniscient?
100
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
100
The means by which an author reveals a personality of a character in a work of literature can be categorized as this.
What is characterization?
100
The structure of events arising from the conflict in a story
What is plot?
100
The time and place of the story's action
What is setting?
200
An outside narrator knows none of the characters' thoughts
What is third person objective?
200
When an author uses hints or clues to suggest what action is to come
What is foreshadowing?
200
The central character of the story
What is protagonist?
200
The opening portion of a story which sets the scene, introduces the main characters, tells us what happened before the story opened, and provides any other needed background information
What is exposition?
200
The literary term that sets the main character against something outside himself or even within himself is called this.
What is conflict?
300
"He didn't say anything to me, and I didn't say anything to him, being so much younger and feeling embarrassed for him." This passage uses this type of point-of-view.
What is first person point-of-view?
300
The author's attitude toward the subject as expressed in a piece of writing
What is tone?
300
The character or force against whom the central character struggles
What is antagonist?
300
A moment of greatest tension, the high point of crisis in a story, when the outcome is to be decided
What is climax?
300
"The old woman was pacing up and down her bedroom and remembering how, fifteen years before, she had given a party one autumn evening." This is an example of this literary element.
What is flashback?
400
"Taking off his cap, he placed it over the muzzle of his rifle. Then he pushed the rifle slowly over the parapet, until the cap was visible from the opposite side of the street." This passage is an example of this type of point-of-view.
What is third person point-of-view narrative?
400
The "unsinkable" Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage is an example of this literary element.
What is irony?
400
A character that changes by the end of a story
What is dynamic character?
400
The outcome or conclusion of the story
What is resolution or denouement?
400
When a menorah represents Hanukkah or when a Christmas tree or nativity scene represents Christmas, this is the use of this literary element.
What is symbolism?
500
An autobiography would most likely be written in this point-of-view.
What is first person point-of-view?
500
"The cave was so long and black I felt like Jonah inside his whale." This is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is allusion?
500
A character who remains the same throughout the entire story
What is static character?
500
Latin phrase for when a story begins "in the middle of things," starting right away with the action
What is in media res?
500
The lesson learned or underlying idea in a story
What is theme?
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