Literary Terms
Terms
Plot Diagram
Poetry
Danger!
100
This is the term for any person in the story.
Character
100
This the term for the time and place in which a work of literature happens.
Setting
100
This is the term for the action in the story after the climax is revealed.
falling action
100
“The sweet perfume of the rose filled the air.”
Imagery
100
The author of “The Most Dangerous Game” is
Richard Connell
200
is the term to describe the main character.
Protagonist
200
This is the term for the struggles or problems between opposing forces.
conflict
200
This the term for the part of the plot that tells how the story begins.
Exposition
200
The words “salmon sing in the street” is an example of:
Alliteration
200
The universal theme developed in this story is mav vs ?
man vs man
300
This the term for the person who opposes the protagonist.
Antagonist
300
This is the term for the events that occur in the story.
plot
300
This is term for the point of crisis in the plot. It may be the most interesting or exciting part.
climax
300
The word “squawking” is an example of :
Onomatopoeia
300
The mood of “The Most Dangerous Game” can be characterized as:
What is suspenseful
400
This the term for the emotion that a story creates in the reader.
mood
400
This is the term for a great exaggeration
Hyperbole
400
This is the term for the part of the plot where problems become more complicated.
rising action
400
The lines “I’ll love you till the ocean is folded and hung up to dry” is an example of:
Hyperbole
400
The antagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game is:
General Zaroff
500
This is the term for the main idea or message about life presented in the story.
Theme
500
This is the term that describes the repetition of consonants at the beginning of words.
Assonance
500
This the term for the part of the plot that reveals the final outcome.
Denouement
500
“Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.”
Rhyme
500
The protagonist of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” is:
Rainsford
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