Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Literary Terms 4
Literary Terms 5
100
The person telling the story.
What is the narrator?
100
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what? (turning point)
What is the climax?
100
A person or animal that takes part in the plot of a literary work?
What is a character?
100
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a simile?
100
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the word "Game" in "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is a symbol?
200
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
What is point of view?
200
The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?
What is the rising action?
200
The time and place of the action in a literary work is known as what?
What is the setting?
200
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
200
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject defines what literary term?
What is tone?
300
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person point of view?
300
The part of the plot where the action is starting to come to a close is known as what?
What is the falling action?
300
What literary term can be defined as the sequence of events in a literary work?
What is the plot?
300
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
300
Type of characterization in which the author/narrator describes the character with his own words. Example: "Scout is an intelligent child." NOT an example: "Scout could already read and write when she started school."
Direct Characterization
400
When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story from a limited viewpoint, this is what point of view?
What is third person limited point of view?
400
The part of the plot where all "loose ends" are tied up and the problem(s) have been solved is known as what?
What is the resolution?
400
Descriptive writing or speech that helps create a mental picture
What is sensory imagery?
400
When the opposite of what you expect happens. Ex: Billy's stress-relieving heating pads caught on fire and burned his house down.
What is irony?
400
Type of characterization in which the character's traits are shown through his/her actions, thoughts, and speech. Example: "Scout could already read and write when she started school." Not an example: "Scout is an intelligent child."
Indirect characterization
500
When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing, this is known as which point of view?
What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
500
When an object, shape, or color stands in place for an idea or some other thing.
What is a symbol?
500
The central message or life lesson revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
What is theme?
500
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
What is a hyperbole?
500
When an author directly or indirectly shows the traits of a character,
What is a characterization?
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