Lit. Terms 1
Hints that suggest future events.
What is foreshadowing?
A person, animal or imaginary creature that takes part in the action.
What is a character?
A comparison of two different things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The point of greatest interest or suspense in a plot.
What is a climax?
Any language that can't be taken literally and is also known as figure of speech.
What is figurative language?
A category of literature.
What is genre?
The person working against the main character.
What is the antagonist?
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Any writing that tells a story
What is a narrative?
Words like pop, snap, pow.
What is onomatopoeia?
The story of a person's life written by someone else.
What is biography?
A character that changes, becomes different.
What is a dynamic character?
That's a piece of cake is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
You write your own life story.
What is an autobiography?
A written conversation.
What is dialogue?
The difference between expectation and reality such as Camp Green Lake.
What is irony?
A character who doesn't change, stays the same.
What is a static character?
Giving human qualities to something not human.
What is personification?
What the story is about.
What is plot?
Something that stands for something beyond itself such as an eagle standing for freedom.
What is symbol?
To go back in time to present events that took place earlier.
What is flashback?
The main character.
What is a protagonist?
What is a hyperbole?
A message or truth about life or human nature.
What is theme?
Please pick up the purple pencils is an example of this term.
What is alliteration?