Literary Terms
the time and place where a story takes place
What is the setting?
gives human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification?
moment of highest tension; turning point of the story
What is the climax?
group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought
What is an independent clause?
means fear or panic
What is "phob"?
a character's psychological struggle within their mind
What is internal conflict?
extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect
What is hyperbole?
introduces background information, characters, setting
What is the exposition?
contains only one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
means against
What is "anti"?
lesson learned from a story
What is theme?
using a word that sounds like the sound it's meant to make
What is onomatopoeia?
main conflict is resolved
What is the resolution?
combines two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause
means both or around
What is "ambi"?
conclusions that readers reach by using clues from the text, their own knowledge, and other information to understand the intended meaning of a work.
What is inference?
refers to a person, place, event, or thing that is commonly known
occurs immediately after the climax
What is the falling action?
contains one independent clause and one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
means study of or science of
What is "logy"?
builds anticipation and excitement for the resolution of a story's conflict
What is suspense?
situation where there is a contrast between reality and expectations
What is irony?
where the conflict begins to develop; builds tension
What is the rising action?
cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
What is a dependent clause?
means believe or trust
What is "cred"?