Figurative language
A one sentence summary of a text.
What is the main idea?
The use of concrete things to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
This type of character does not change in the story.
What is a static character?
A work of literature which is not true.
What is fiction?
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
The most intense moment in a story.
What is climax?
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
The two primary forces that propel plot in a drama.
What is dialogue and action?
A piece of literature in which the author is also the subject of the story.
What is an autobiography?
Applies human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
Time, place, duaration of the story
What is the setting?
A return to an earlier time in a story to give prior information.
What is flashback?
This type of character is well developed with a background and personality.
What is a round character?
Poems meant to be sung/performed
What is a ballad?
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The events following the climax of a story.
What is resolution?
The implication that the actual situation is quite different than that represented.
What is irony?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Literature defined by stanzas and lines. Typically rhymes, but does not always.
What is poetry?
Words that mimic the sound they are describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
The way an author describes the characters in a story.
What is characterization?
Typically used in drama, a long speech in which a character is alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
What kind of character is Richard Jordans?
What is flat, static, protagonist?
Literature which plot cannot occur in the real world. Typically contains witchcraft or magic.
What is fantasy?