Literary Terms
What is a simile? Please create 2.
A simile is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'
"She is so sneaky, she moves like a shadow."
"You are light as a feather!"
What are three different types of conflict?
Person vs Person, Person vs Self, Person vs Society, Person vs Nature, Person vs Supernatural
What are characters?
The central people, animals, or beings on which the story focuses
one character tells the story using first person pronouns (e.g. “I” and “me”). The reader sees and knows only as much as the narrator does.
1st Person
A metaphor compares two unalike things.
"Life is a rollercoaster."
Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
During the exposition, what elements of the story are revealed?
Characters, setting, and initial conflict
What is the technical term for the main "good and bad guys" of any story
Protagonist and Antagonist
The word "OMNISCIENT" means?
Knowing everything/understanding all
What is a personification? Please write one about the weather.
Giving non-human things human like qualities
"The branches danced as the wind whipped around them."
By the end of the plot, what should be revealed to the reader?
The Theme
True or False: Characterization is just when the author describes what the character is like physically and mentally
False! Characterization includes:
Physically describing characters
Having characters act and speak in certain ways
Narrators can describe personality and traits directly
Authors have other characters react to a character
"What kind of circus is only open at night?" people ask. No one has a proper answer, yet as dusk approaches there is a substantial crowd of spectators gathering outside the gates.
You are amongst them, of course. Your curiosity got the better of you, as curiosity is wont to do. You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets.
2nd Person
An extreme exaggeration.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
Name all 6 parts of "Plot Mountain"
Exposition
Conflict/Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
How are flat and static characters different?
A static character is someone who does not change throughout the story, while a flat character may change, but is only characterized by one or two traits
What perspective is this?
Mark stared at the closed red door. His palms felt cold and wet. Why did she leave it locked? She never locked it before. He was sure she was angry at him.
3rd Person Limited
Please explain why writers and speakers utilize figurative language instead of literal language sometimes.
Using figurative language adds depth, emotion, and adds further explanation to difficult concepts. Writing would be boring without it!
What is the definition of plot?
sequence of events or incidents that make up a story; the action
Give the definition of a round character and please provide an example with descriptions.
Complex or presented in detail - Shrek
Deep insecurities hidden behind a tough exterior, a grumpy being but fiercely loyal and protective at heart
What perspective is this?
“His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
3rd Person Omniscient