Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
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protagonist
What is Katniss in The Hunger Games?
100
antagonist
What is President Snow in The Hunger Games?
100
autobiography
What is this an example of, Dolly Partin's Life written by Dolly Partin
100
Biography
What is this an example of, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, written by Mary Lincoln
100
External Conflict
What is this type of conflict? John could not go outside because the weather was horrible.
200
Internal Conflict
What is this type of conflict? He did not know if he could trust his own judgement.
200
Direct Characterization
What is this an example of? The author told us many of Gus's characteristics.
200
Indirect Characterization
What is it when an author reveal a character indirectly?
200
Round Character
What is a character that you previously know a lot about? Ex. Spongebob
200
Flat Character
What is the type of character that Walter Mitty's wife was?
300
Dynamic Character
What is a character that withgoes many changes in a story? Ex. Walter Mitty
300
Situational Irony
What is a situation you would never expect an example of?
300
Simile
What is this an example of, Your muscles are as hard as a rock?
300
Idiom
What is a slang in language?
300
Personification
What is this an example of? The tree's roots grasped the ground.
400
Static Character
What is Patrick in Spongebob an example of?
400
Dramatic Irony
What is it when you realize something the character doesn't?
400
Flashback
What is a past event in a story?
400
Oxymoron
What is this an example of? You are pretty ugly.
400
Setting
What is the time and place in which a story occurs?
500
Verbal Irony
What is sarcasm an example of?
500
Metaphor
What is "Reese's cups are heaven" an example of?
500
Foreshadowing
What is hints to future events?
500
Point of View
What is the angle from which a story is told?
500
Theme
What is the basis a story is written upon?
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