Lit Terms
More Lit Terms
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Parts of Speech
More complicated grammar
100
These are notes written in scripts to tell the actors where to move on the stage.
What are stage directions?
100
This means to hint at events to come later.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This term means a contradiction in terms.
What is irony?
100
This term means a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
100
This term means location. It describes the proximity of the subject to other nouns or pronouns.
What is a preposition?
200
This term means spoken words between two of more characters.
What is dialogue?
200
This type of conflict is internal, when a character grabbles with a decision.
What is Man vs. Self?
200
This term means a comparison of two things that have some quality in common. Does not use “like” or “as”.
What is a metaphor?
200
This term means action word
What is a verb?
200
This term modifies verbs, adjectives, and others like itself.
What is a adverb?
300
This character is considered the villain or antihero of a story.
What is the antagonist?
300
This type of struggle could be displayed in things like Man v. Nature, Man v. Man, Man v. Technology, and Man v. Society
What is an external conflict?
300
This term means a transition in a novel, film, etc, to an earlier scene or event.
What is flashback?
300
This word is a describing word.
What is an adjective?
300
These special types of adverbs allow the speaker to be more specific. Examples of this term include 'very, more, rather."
What is an intensifier?
400
This character is the hero in a story.
What is a protagonist?
400
This term means the order of events on a timeline within a literary work.
What is chronological order?
400
This term means a comparison of two things that have some quality in common. Uses “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
400
This term means a formal name
What is a proper noun?
400
This term is a connecting word, used with lists or choice. The 7 most common use the acronym, FANBOYS.
What is a conjunction?
500
This term means a struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
500
This term means a character that emotionally changes and grows between the beginning and end of the literary work.
What is a dynamic character?
500
This term means character that stays the same throughout the course of a literary work.
What is a static character?
500
These shorter words take the place of a noun to save time.
What is a pronoun?
500
This is the term used to describe a noun that is made into a verb by adding -ing.
What is a gerund?
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