Who is telling the story?
What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story?
What is the narrator?
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it specifically
What is allusion?
Something asked to make a point merely for effect with no answer expected.
What is a rhetorical question?
The central idea or main message in a literary work.
What is the theme?
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
What is point of view?
A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
What is paraphrasing?
A situation where the outcome is the opposite of what is expected.
What is situational irony?
When a person says or writes one thing and means another. This is often sarcastic language.
What is verbal irony?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person point of view?
A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced.
What is a pun?
When something is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
Where authors plant hints or clues about future plot developments, building suspense
What is foreshadowing?
When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story from a limited viewpoint, this is what point of view?
What is third person point of view?
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem
Image that represents an object, person or situation that has a different meaning than its literal meaning.
What is symbolism?
A phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people/things
What is a metaphor?
The persuasive technique of appealing to the audience's emotions, using vivid language, imagery, and personal stories
What is pathos?
A narrator who reveals that the villain feels sad and lonely is using what POV?
What is third person omniscient?
Contradictory terms that are placed together
What is an oxymoron?
When comparing a thing that is similar to something else in significant respects
What is an analogy?
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
A story where characters/actions represent abstract ideas that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is an allegory?