Literary terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Prose
Literature
100
Comparison of two things using *like* or *as*.
What is a simile?
100
A comparison of two thing without using *like* or *as*. Saying one thing is another. Ex: His heart was a bird.
What is a metaphor?
100
This is the author's attitude toward the subject of the literature.
What is tone?
100

Poetry written in prose

What is free verse?

100
A part of the plot that gives background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story?
What is the exposition.
200
The atmosphere of the story taking place. An author uses this to give the reader an emotional effect.
What is mood?
200
The place (physical location) and time (day, season, historical period).
What is setting?
200
__________ gives human qualities to an idea or thing.
What is personification?
200

Books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.

What is fiction?

200
A related series of events that build toward the point of greatest interest?
What is rising action?
300
A __________________ is an expression using words in an unusual way to appaeal to the reader's emotions and imagination.
What is a figure of speech?
300
A piece of literature or drama that uses humor to make fun of a more serious work through imitation and exaggeration.
What is a parody?
300

A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is; an exaggeration

What is hyperbole?

300
A true account or story
What is non-fiction?
300
The main character in a play
What is the protagonist?
400
The use of words to mean something very different from what they appear on the surface to mean.
What is irony?
400
Indirect reference to a famous person or event.
What is an allusion.
400
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words that are near each other. Ex: pretty pink piggies.
What is alliteration?
400
Two examples of fiction
What are novel, and short story?
400
The part of a plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
What is falling action?
500
A ___________ makes fun of a person or idea and stresses foolishness.
What is a satire?
500
A statement that seems like a contradiction but is actually true. Ex: Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.
What is a paradox?
500
Object that represents an idea-- philosophical, social or religious. Ex: a heart to represent love.
What is a symbol?
500
Three kinds of non-fiction
what are, essay, autobiography and biography?
500

The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader

What is the mood?

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