a struggle that takes place within the character’s own mind
What is Internal Conflict?
100
the people or participants, such as animals, that are in a literary work
What is a character?
100
the series of related events that make up a story; the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work
What is the plot?
100
an object or image that has a deeper meaning than its literal meaning
What is a symbol?
200
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
What is alliteration/
200
a struggle that takes place between a character and some type of outside force
What is External Conflict
200
the way the writer reveals the personality of a character
What is characterization?
200
when the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to
a close
What is the Resolution (denouement)
200
a reference made to a famous person, place, or event; may refer to historical events, geographic locations, Bib
What is an allusion?
300
a word or phrase which means something different from what it says - it is usually a metaphor. Idioms are common phrases or terms whose meanings are not literal, but are figurative and only known through their common uses. Example: “To smell a rat”
What is an Idiom
300
this is when a character struggles with things such such as storms, the wilderness, excessive cold, etc.
What is Man vs. Nature
300
when the writer directly states the character’s traits
What is direct characterization?
300
the introduction in a literary work---tells the setting, introduces the characters, and may introduce the conflict
What is the exposition?
300
the atmosphere of a literary work produced by the author’s use of language; the feeling a piece of writing creates in the reader
What is the mood?
400
compares two unlike things without using like or as. Example "My baby sister's a doll,"
What is metaphor
400
When a character struggles with the law, the government, the community, etc.
What is man vs. society
400
a character who has only one or two sides; one dimensional
What is a Flat character
400
the most exciting moment in the story, when the outcome is decided one way or the other; turning point; high point
What is the climax?
400
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been expected.
What is irony?
500
a kind of comparison i---that is, speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions. Examples: “The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds.”
What is Personification?
500
when a character has a struggle with another person
What is man vs. man
500
when a writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character’s traits (by what the character says, does, and thinks and by what other characters say about them
What is an indirect characterization
500
he events of the story that lead to the turning point in the story; the development of the complication or problem (conflict)
What is the Rising Action?
500
an insight about life or human behavior that a work of literature reveals