Literary Terms
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More Literary Terms
It's a Surprise!
100
What is " the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject" ?
Tone
100
Which part of speech is a word that names a person,place, or a thing--subject" ?
Noun
100
What is the synonym for "editorial" ?
Articles
100
What is "the central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work" ?
Theme
100
What vocabulary term is defined as: "a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word" ?
Synonym
200
What is a "scene that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past" ?
Flashback
200
Which part of speech is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun (explains what kind, which one, or how many) ?
Adjective
200
What is the synonym for "summarize" ?
Paraphrase
200
What is the "sequence of events in a literary work" ?
Plot
200
What vocabulary term is defined as: "a word that has the same spelling as another word but a different meaning" ?
Homograph
300
What vocabulary term is defined as: " the high point in the action of the plot" ?
Climax
300
Which part of speech is a word that expresses action or a state of being ?
Verb
300
What is the synonym for "antagonist" ?
Villain
300
What is the "time and place of the action in a literary work" ?
Setting
300
What vocabulary term is defined as: "an added meaning that suggests something positive or negative" ?
Connotation
400
What vocabulary term is defined as: "a feeling of growning tension about the outcome of events in a literary work" ?
Suspense
400
Which part of speech is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (explains how, when, where, how often) ?
Adverb
400
What is the synonym for "protagonist" ?
Hero
400
What is it called when a character struggles within his/her own mind?
Internal Conflict
400
What is the standpoint from which the story is told (1st person, 3rd person) called ?
Viewpoint
500
What is it called when the author uses clues to hint at what might happen later in the literary work?
Foreshadowing
500
What part of speech shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence?
Preposition
500
What is the synonym for "judgement" ?
Opinion
500
What is "the beginning of a story that introduces the characters, settig, and basic situation" ?
Exposition
500
What is an "Idiom" ?
An expression that has a meaning different from the usual meanings of the words within it.
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