Lit. Terms 1
Lit. Terms People
Figurative Language
Lit. Terms 2
Poetry Terms
100

A category of literature.

What is genre?

100

The person working against the main character.

What is the antagonist?

100

A comparison not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

100

Any writing that tells a story

What is a narrative?

100

Words like pop, snap, pow.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

The difference between expectation and reality such as Camp Green Lake.

What is irony?

200

A character who doesn't change, stays the same.

What is a static character?

200

Giving human qualities to something not human.

What is personification?

200

What the story is about.

What is plot?

200

Something that stands for something beyond itself such as an eagle standing for freedom.

What is symbol?

300

To go back in time to present events that took place earlier.

What is flashback?

300

The main character.

What is a protagonist?

300
Extreme exaggeration.

What is a hyperbole?

300

A message or truth about life or human nature. 

What is theme?

300

Please pick up the purple pencils is an example of this term.

What is alliteration?

400

Hints that suggest future events.

What is foreshadowing?

400

A person, animal or imaginary creature that takes part in the action.

What is a character?

400

A comparison of two different things using like or as.

What is a simile?

400

The point of greatest interest or suspense in a plot.

What is a climax?

400

Any language that can't be taken literally and is also known as figure of speech.

What is figurative language?

500

The story of a person's life written by someone else.

What is biography?

500

A character that changes, becomes different.

What is a dynamic character?

500

That's a piece of cake is an example of this.

What is an idiom?

500

You write your own life story.

What is an autobiography?

500

A written conversation.

What is dialogue?