Literary Terms
the main character of the story/ hero
What is a Protagonist?
the comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind, using like or as.
What is a Simile?
convincing someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
What is persuasion?
The person who tells the story.
What is the Narrator?
gives the audience hints or signs about the future. It suggests what is to come through imagery, language, and/or symbolism
What is Foreshadowing?
Behavior, Attitude, Appearance, Personality
What are the 4 Character Traits?
a word written out to describe a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
presentation of facts, or information.
What is to Inform?
The sequence of events within a story.
What is Plot?
a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past.
What is a Flashback?
The central idea, lesson, or moral to be learned from the story.
What is Theme?
using a human trait or characteristic to describe something non-human
What is personification?
To provide with amusement or enjoyment.
What is to Entertain?
The highest and most intense point in a story.
What is the Climax?
When a story or plotline ends suddenly or a large plot twist occurs and is left unresolved.
What is Cliffhanger?
The feelings or emotions the author wants the reader to experience.
What is Mood?
exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
to give an account in words of, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.
What is Description?
the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence in the story.
What is Chronology/ Chronological Order?
a performance convention in which an invisible, imagined wall separates actors from the audience.
What is the 4th Wall?
The author's attitude towards the subject.
What is Tone?
a joke based on the use of homophones.
What is a Pun?
Persuasion, Inform, Entertain, Instruct, Describe
What are the 4 Author's Purpose types?
Problem and Solution, Description,
Compare and Contrast, Sequence and Order,
Cause and Effect.
What are the 5 types of text structure?
What is Satire?