Narrative Vocabulary
This term refers to when and where a story takes place.
What is Setting?
This term refers to when the audience knows something a character does not (e.g., We know Fortunato's fate, but he doesn't.)
What is dramatic irony?
This word is when an author assigns human characteristics to a non-human thing (e.g., The wind howled).
What is personification?
This word is when the same letter or sound occurs at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words (e.g, Green grass grew along gross garbage cans).
What is alliteration?
The first iPhone released in this year.
What is 2007?
This term refers to what it's called when two characters talk with one another.
What is dialogue?
This word makes a direct comparison by using words such as "like" or "as." (e.g., He was as lazy as a dog.)
What is a simile?
This word makes a direct comparison without using words such as "like" or "as." (e.g., She has a heart of gold.)
What is a metaphor?
This word means to use words, people, objects, or situations to represent something other than their literal meaning (e.g., The color white in western literature can mean purity or innocence).
What is symbolism?
This is the name of Princess Leia's home planet in Star Wars.
What is Alderaan?
This term refers to the main problem of the story.
What is conflict?
This term refers to what a work is really about without mentioning anything specific about the plot, character, or setting.
What is theme?
This term is another name for the main character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
This word means when events contrast with expectations, often used to create memorable plot twists (e.g., a fire station burning down).
What is situational irony?
The first Air Jordan sneakers were produced in this year.
What is 1984?
This term refers to when an author "sets the scene" for their story (i.e., typically happens right at the beginning of the narrative).
What is exposition?
This term refers to when someone says something that is the opposite of what they mean.
What is verbal irony?
This term refers to when the author hints to the reader what the character is like by describing their appearance, speech, thoughts, feelings, and/or interactions with other characters. (e.g., John snapped at the man without warning.)
What is indirect characterization?
This word means to hint at future events in a story (e.g., In Romeo and Juliet, the prologue reveals the story is about "a pair of star-crossed lovers [who] take their lives"
What is foreshadowing?
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were stored here during World War II.
What is Fort Knox?
This term refers to the emotional high point / turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
This term refers to the character that opposes the main character in a story.
What is an antagonist?
This term refers to an over exaggeration (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!")
What is a hyperbole or overstatement?
This word means to reference a person, place, event or thing to enhance a text's meaning (e.g., "The Raven" referencing a bust of Pallas).
What is allusion?
Africa has this many countries.
What is 54?