Who is telling the story?
PLOT
Important Story Pieces
Figurative Language
Author's Choice/Other
100

The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?

What is the point of view?
100
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
100
What literary term is defined as a person or animal that takes part in the action 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

When a character in the story is telling the story? You may see the words "I," "me," or "we," used in this story.

What is first person 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", and  "My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." from Shakespeare's , Romeo and Juliet's are  examples 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

This is less common, but this point of view has the narrator talking to the reader. You may see the word "you," used in the story.

What is second 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
An author's specific way of writing, word choices, etc. describes what literary term?
What is style?
400

When an external narrator is telling the story this is what point of view?

What is third person 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
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses is known as what?
What is sensory imagery?
400
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
What is irony?
400
A character that shows only one trait (like Mrs. Mitty) is known as what?
What is a flat character?
500

When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing this is known as which point of view?

When a person outside the story "follows" one character and we see everything that is happening near that character, this is known as which point of view?

What is omniscient point of view?


What is limited point of view?

500
The part of the plot where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is known as what?
What is the exposition?
500
The central message or insight to life 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
A character that shows many different traits--faults as well as virtues (like Walter Mitty) is known as what?
What is a round character?
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