Category #1
external conflict
What is a struggle or problem originating outside a character, i.e., man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society
drama
What is the formal name for a play?
exposition
What is the opening part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters, and conflict?
fiction
What is stories that include characters, settings, and/or events that were created in the imagination of the writer. If any of these three is invented, the entire story is deemed fiction?
fable
What is a brief story that embodies a moral, often using animals as characters?
foreshadowing
What is hints or clues about what may happen later in the plot. This can be suggested through symbolism, dialogue, imagery, or other literary devices?
figurative language
What is language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)?
first-person point of view
What is a story told from the perspective of someone in the story using the pronouns “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.?
epiphany
What is a sudden perception or moment of understanding that causes a character to change or act in a certain way?
genre
What is a major category or type of literature?
direct characterization
What is when the narrator or a character in the story explicitly tells readers what they need to know about a character?
free verse
What is poetry with no fixed meter or rhyme scheme?
hyperbole
What is intentional exaggeration to create an effect?
flashback
What is the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative?
dynamic character
What is an individual who changes, learns, and grows from his/her experiences during the story?
imagery
What is the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses?
epic
What is a long narrative poem written in elevated style that presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation?
enjambment
What is a poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning?
foil
What is a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight various features of the characters’ personalities, throwing these characteristics into stark focus?
inference
What is a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence?
hubris
What is excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy?
idiom
What is an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression (i.e., “raining cats and dogs”)?
indirect characterization
What is when readers indirectly learn about a character through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters?
internal conflict
What is a struggle or problem within a character, i.e., man vs. self?
flat character
What is a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story?