Literary Terms (sentence examples)
It's a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole
The time and place where a story takes place.
The setting
An 11-year-old orphan finds out he's a wizard and gets sent to wizard school. (Which book specifically?)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone
What TV show has a talking sponge that lives underwater and works as a fry cook?
Spongebob Squarepants
What Disney movie is about a young girl with extremely long hair trapped in a tower?
Tangled
Alice fell down, down, down the rabbit hole.
Repetition
The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
A high school students moves to a small, rainy town where she falls in love with a vampire.
Twilight
What show features employees that work for a paper company called Dunder Mifflin?
The Office
What Marvel movie do the Avengers have their final showdown against Thanos?
Avengers: Endgame
Woof!
Onomatopoeia
The attitude of the author towards a subject.
Tone
A 12-year-old boy goes to a summer camp where he finds out his father is actually a Greek god. (Full title of the book).
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
What anime features students with special abilities called "quirks" training to be superheroes?
My Hero Academia
What movie has a socially-rejected ogre save a princess and fall in love with her?
Shrek
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration
The central character in a story.
The Protagonist
What teen romance novel features Hazel, a girl with cancer, who falls in love with an amputee named Augustus who she meets at a support group? (Hint: made into a movie with Shailene Woodley).
The Fault in our Stars
What cartoon has a cat and a mouse that constantly chase each other around and hurt each other?
Tom and Jerry
Home Alone
A pilot has a fear of heights.
Irony
This type of writing tells a story of some importance.
Narrative writing
What book, set in 1960, is told from the perspective of Scout as her father is a lawyer representing a black man who is falsely accused of a crime?
To Kill a Mockingbird
What show has two vampires named Stefan and Damon Salvatore?
The Vampire Diaries
What classic horror movie features Michael Myers?
Halloween