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Literary Terms
Characters
Plot Development
Tricky Vocabulary
Poetry
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Simile
What is a comparison between two things using "Like" or "As"?
100
Extrinsic Characteristic
What is how a character looks? Things that can be seen.
100
The Climax
What is the point of greatest action where plot lines are resolved?
100
Monotonous
What is something that never changes or a repeating tone?
100
Concrete
What is a poem that takes the shape of its topic?
200
Onomatopoeia
What is a word that describes a sound?
200
Intrinsic Characteristics
What are things that can be seen about a character? Usually personality traits.
200
Rising Action
What are the plot elements that lead up to the climax of a story?
200
Bewilder
What is to confuse or puzzle?
200
Acrostic
What is a poem that starts with a word and has words or phrases off of each letter in that word?
300
Metaphor
What is a direct comparison between two things?
300
Foil
What are characters who help advance the plot? Sidekicks or secondary characters.
300
Foreshadowing
What is a tool that an author might use to build excitement in the plot?
300
Plethora
What is a large amount? More than is needed?
300
Formula Poem
What is a poem that tells you what to write on each line?
400
Acronym
What is a word formed from the initial letters in a phrase?
400
Protagonist
Who is the main character of a story? Generally the good guy, but not always.
400
Man against nature.
What is a type of plot where man is pitted against nature instead of a traditional villain?
400
Verbose
What is using more words than needed?
400
Stanza
What is a paragraph in a poem?
500
Alliteration
What are several words in a sentence that begin with the same sound?
500
Antagonist
Who is the character working against the main character?
500
Denouement
What is the end of a plot or the place where everything in the plot wraps up?
500
Adroit
What is skill or cleverness?
500
Haiku
What is a poem with 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second line and 5 on the third?