Literary Terms
Involves a struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict?
I am reading a book called CYBER-BULLYING : HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENS. What genre is the book?
What is informational?
Where the story takes place; location.
What is spatial setting?
Amy has just one trait. She's nice. What type of character is she?
What is flat?
Give an example of a word with positive connotation.
Character traits that are revealed through a character’s speech, actions, appearance, hearsay, etc.
What is indirect characterization?
I am reading a story about a girl whose parents go through a divorce. Nothing abnormal happens. What is the genre?
What is realistic fiction?
The internal plane (thoughts, feelings) from which a character is positioned.
Araniyah has multiple traits: she's emotional, sweet, sometimes angry, sometimes calm, sometimes panicked. What type of character is she?
What is round?
What is simile?
Uncomplicated, non-changing individuals within a story. Usually have only one character trait.
What is static character?
I am reading HARRY POTTER and there's tons of wizards, and witches, and spells, and a whole other world that collides with Harry's ordinary world. Because there are so many creatures and Harry's going between the normal world to a make-believe one, I would consider this WHAT TYPE OF FANTASY?
What is HIGH FANTASY?
What is PORTAL FANTASY?
What is CROSS-WORLD FANTASY?
Remember it is high.
When the story takes place; time and weather.
What is temporal setting?
Conor changes through 5 stages of grief and lets go of his Mum by the end of the book. What type of character is he? And what is the opposite of him?
What is dynamic?
What is static?
What is LUIS IS A SUN an example of?
What is metaphor?
Character who is complex and undergoes a change or we see multiple sides of.
What is dynamic character?
In A MONSTER CALLS, the only not-so-ordinary thing that's happening is there's a monster in Conor's real-world. Because there's just one creature, and in Conor's actual environment, I would consider this WHAT TYPE OF FANTASY?
What is low fantasy?
Describe the spatial setting of A Monster Calls.
What is, Britain, at Conor's school, Mum's house, Grandma's house, the church/graveyard and/or hospital?
A man and his son get into an argument about who is right on a math problem. What type of conflict is this of the 6 types?
What is man vs. man?
What is character vs. character?
What is person vs. person?
What is THE CHURCH LURCHED INTO VIEW an example of?
What is personification?
A direct or indirect reference to something not in the text.
What is allusion?
What story elements would an author include to create fantasy?
What is magic, creatures, monsters, made-up worlds, new technology?
Describe the temporal and psychological settings of A Monster Calls.
What is, modern (as evidenced by technology)?
What is the five stages of grief, distressed, angry, sad, depressed, etc?
What is the difference between internal and external conflict?
What is, internal conflict occurs inside the character's mind and external conflict occurs outside the character's body?
Give an example of an idiom.
What is, answers vary?