Literary Terms
Main Character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma. What is the conflict?
What is Person vs. Person (being bullied)?
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of a person's life written by the person the story is about.
What is autobiography?
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is climax?
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
Why something happens. ___________ & effect.
What is the cause?
A struggle between to opposing forces. The problem in the story.
What is conflict?
The perspective from which the story is told. (1st person, 3rd person)
What is Point of View (POV)?
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution?
giving hints or clues about what will happen in a story.
What is foreshawdowing?
The central point of a piece of writing. _________ idea.
What is main idea? Central Idea?
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
What is man vs. self. (Fear of flying)
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction?
Exaggeration of the truth
hyperbole
The opposite of what is expected happens or is said.
What is irony?
Character that is the villian or the bad guy.
What is antagonist?
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature (Surviving the cold)
Place and time of a story.
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What is rising action?
Comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a main idea. A supporting ______________.
What is a supporting detail?
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine.
What is man vs. society.
The feeling an author has towards what he is writing?
Tone
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story. (After the climax).
What is falling action?
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification?