Basic
Refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
The main character of a story, novel, or play.
What is the protagonist?
A person who tells the story.
What is Narrator?
The end of a narrative.
What is resolution?
A saying or expression that is widely used among speakers of a certain language and whose figurative meaning is different from its literal meaning.
What is an Idiom?
Ex. It's raining cats and dogs! I need to make sure I have all my ducks in a row!
The character in conflict with the Protagonist.
What is Antagonist?
Utilized as a literary device to indicate the angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is a conflict?
Refers to the central, deeper meaning of a written work.
What is theme?
What is the following an example of:
BAM!
What is an Onomatopoeia?
(A word which mimics the sound it represents.)
A scene that is set in a time earlier than the main story
What is a flashback?
a figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
Creates implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
Something that stands for or suggests something else; it represents something beyond the literal meaning.
What is a symbol?
Refers to the linguistic choices made by a writer to convey an idea or point of view, or tell a story, in an effective way.
What is diction?
A literary device that writers utilize as a means to indicate or hint to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.
What is foreshaddowing?
Used to provide essential backstory for characters, plot, and other narrative elements.
What is exposition?
A character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality. They also don't undergo any kind of change throughout the narrative.
What is a flat character?
A deep and layered character in a story.
What is a round character?
A literary device in which a character is created based on a set of qualities or traits that are specific and identifiable for readers.
What is an archetype?
A phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations, or two different meanings, or which might be understood in two different ways
What is a double entendre?
Begins in the middle of a narrative; without preamble.
What is "In medias res"?
A literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
What is irony?
The technique that an individual author uses in his writing
What is style?
A cliché is an expression that is trite, worn-out, and overused. Ex. "Better late than never!"
What is a cliché?