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Literary Terms
Figurative Lanuage
Plot
Characterization
MISC
100
The leading character or hero
What is a protagonist
100
Extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole
100
When characters are introduced, setting is revealed, and tone is established
What is the exposition
100
The writer makes direct statements about a character
What is direct characterization
100
The author's attitude towards the subject
What is tone
200
Categories of literature
What are genres
200
Author's message about life or human nature throughout a story
What is a theme
200
The turning point or _______ is the high point of interest and suspense in the plot
What is the climax
200
The writer gives clues and depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character's traits
What is indirect characterization
200
Identify the nouns, verb, and adverb in the following sentence: Stewart can speak Arabic very well.
What are Nouns: Stewart, Arabic Verb: speak Adverb: well
300
The voice of a story (1st person, 3rd person)
What is point of view
300
When the actual is quite different from what is presented
What is Irony
300
The main character tries to solve a problem and encounters several obstacles along the way
What is the rising action
300
Identify whether the following is indirect or direct characterization: Vera looked as if a strong gust of wind might carry her away
What is indirect
300
A question asked for effect with no expected answer
What is a rhetorical question
400
Stories passed down between generations by word of mouth
What are myths
400
Similar phrases or sentences within a body of writing
What is parallelism
400
The point at which the central conflict is ended
What is the resolution
400
Identify indirect or direct characterization "I know the answer!" Maya shouted at her friend. "I'm not stupid!"
What is indirect
400
The four types of conflict
What are person vs person, person vs society, person vs nature, and person vs self
500
A speech by a single character without another character's response
What is a monologue
500
An expression that is not meant to be taken literally
What is an idiom
500
The falling action consists of all the ________________
What is events that follow the climax
500
Identify indirect or direct characterization Too lazy to actually reach for it, Marty just stared wishfully at the TV remote
What is direct characterization
500
The coordinating conjunctions
What are ,for/,and/,nor/,but/,or/,yet/,so