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100
The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.
Antagonist
100
A scene in a story that occurred before the present time and gives background information.
Flashback
100
Something happens that is the reverse of what you expected
Irony (situational)
100
A feeling or emotional state that a piece of literature creates in the reader such as comedic, suspenseful, tragic, joyous, etc.
Mood
100
The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of view
200
From the Greek word for ladder, it is the moment in a story when the conflict or crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is usualy the turning point in the story's action.
Climax
200
Clues or hints about what is to come in a story.
Foreshadowing
200
The reader or audience is aware of something that the characters are not aware of.
Irony (dramatic)
200
A character who does not play a large role in the story.
Minor character
200
The main character of a story
Protaganist
300
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality.
Characterization
300
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
300
When the name of something implies the opposite of the truth.
Irony (verbal)
300
The use of words that imitate that sounds of what they describe.
Onomotopeia
300
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: The way an author conveys his/her attitude about particular characters and subject matter. In poetry, it is called “voice.” It is the feeling the author brings to the piece or the attitude the author takes (towards the subject, audience, or character[s].
Tone
400
The opponent or enemy of the main character
Antagonist
400
A round character who changes or evolves over the course of the story.
Dynamic Character
400
Mental pictures that a reader experiences with a passage of literature and appeals to the 5 senses.
Imagery
400
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: 'Pink is what red looks like when it kicks off its shoes and lets its hair down. …Pink is as laid back as beige, but while beige is dull and bland, pink is laid back with attitude.'
Personification
400
An object in a story that holds a meaning other than itself.
Symbol
500
A struggle between opposing forces.
Conflict
500
The use of words in a way other than their literal meaning.
Figurative language
500
A main or important character
Major Character
500
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
500
Comparing two things using like or as.
Simile
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