The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.
Antagonist
100
The part of the story where setting, characters, and background information is established.
Exposition
100
A category or specific type of literature or film.
Genre
100
A feeling or emotional state that a piece of literature creates in the reader such as comedic, suspenseful, tragic, joyous, etc.
Mood
100
FOR EXAMPLE:
"The children were like roses grown in concrete garden, beautiful and forlorn."
Simile
200
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
Another way of saying theme or message
Central Idea
200
An Exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
200
The part of the story where conflict starts and escalates. These parts are necessary to bring about the climax.
Rising Action
200
When one thing represents something else
Symbolism
300
Referencing an outside literary work within your writing
Allusion
300
The problem that occurs in a story
Conflict
300
The events that follow the climax and help to bring closure or a resolution to the conflict
Falling Action
300
The type of narration found in a story
Point of view
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
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
"Sally sells sea shells..."
Alliteration
400
When the author gives details and description of the people of the story, he uses...
Characterization
400
Senses such as a sight, smell, taste, touch, and hear that a reader experiences with a passage of literature because of the detailed description
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
FOR EXAMPLE:
Words such as "he, she, they, them, and it" are used to narrate the story
Third person point of view
500
The reason behind the words that are written
Author's Purpose
500
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: In many medieval literature pieces, a raven, a wolf, eagle or vulture appear and because these creatures scavenge bodies of fallen warriors, they allow the reader to predict a battle is about to begin.
Foreshadowing
500
Words such as "me, I, us, and we" are used to tell the story because this literary device is used
First person point of view
500
FOR EXAMPLE:
"Stacey was fairly certain that life was a fashion show"