Literary Term Definitions
How the author feels about the subject he/she is writing about.
What is tone?
What is the definition of a simile?
What is a comparison using "like" or "as"?
What is the term for a character that stays the same throughout a story? * Bonus 200 points* Give an example of one of these characters in one of the stories we read this semester.
What is a static character?
The art of persuasion.
What is rhetoric?
"I am still a beast at bay" is an example of _____?
What is a metaphor?
How the reader feels about what he/she is reading. _____ = me
What is mood? Mood = me
What is the definition of a metaphor?
What is a comparison NOT using "like" or "as"?
What is the name for a character who makes a complete change in a story called? *Bonus 200 points* Give an example of each type of character.
What is a dynamic character?
A reference to another person, place, or event in history.
What is an allusion?
"She was as untouchable as the moon" is an example of?
What is a simile?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
An exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
This type of characterization is when the author gives SPECIFIC details about a character in a text.
What is direct characterization?
The author hints at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
"Smash, Boom, Bam!" is an example of ______?
What is an onomatopoeia.
What is the definition of a symbol. *Bonus 300 points* Give an example of a symbol from a novel or short story we have read this semester and explain why it is a symbol.
What is when something physical is representative of something else?
"A thousand times goodnight" is an example of a _____?
What is a Hyperbole.
This type of characterization is when the reader has to infer traits about a character.
What is indirect characterization?
The reader knows something that the character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper is an example of ___?
What is alliteration.
Describe the difference between internal and external conflict. *Bonus 200 points* Give an example of an internal conflict a character faced in one of the stories we read this semester. Give an example of an external conflict in one of the stories we read this semester.
What is when a character has a struggle within him/herself. External conflict is a conflict outside of a character.
What are the definitions of personification AND alliteration? *Bonus 300 points* Give an example of BOTH personification and alliteration.
What is personification is when you give something non-human human characteristics. Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds at the start of each word.
What is the overall message in a story? *Bonus 200 points* Give ONE example of a _______ in one of the short stories we read this semester.
What is theme?
A set phrase or expression.
What is an idiom?
'She is as beautiful as a jewel in an Ethiop's ear' is an example of which two terms?
What is a simile and allusion.