Literary Terms
A character that does not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
The way to write the title of a novel.
What is in italics or underlined?
What is onomatopoeia?
When the author directly describes a character using words.
What is direct characterization?
The way you write the title of a short story.
What is in quotation marks?
POV using the pronoun "you" directly addressing the reader.
What is 2nd person?
How the story ends.
What is the resolution?
What is an aphorism?
The author's attitude or feeling towards what he is saying.
What is the tone?
The three parts of an introductory paragraph.
What are hook, bridge, and thesis?
The term for when the author brings the reader up-to-date about the events that occurred in the past.
What is flashback?
The highest point of interest in a story.
What is the climax?
Writing that uses the five senses to paint the picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
The type of irony where you expect one thing will happen and the opposite occurs.
What is situational irony?
How do you cite your source at the end of a quote?
What are parentheses? (parenthetical citation)
Something concrete that represents something abstract.
What is a symbol?
A typical example of a certain kind of character in literature.
What is an archetype?
The best way to end an argumentative essay.
What is a call to action?
The maximum character count for the EOC Narrative.
What is 2000 characters?
A reference to another story or event in history.
What is allusion?