Techniques
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
The time and place in which the action occurs in a literary work.
What is SETTING?
Word choice
What is DICTION?
The character or voice that tells the story.
Who is the NARRATOR?
A writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story.
What is FORESHADOWING?
A comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
A struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of a story's plot.
What is CONFLICT?
When the author uses an object or reference to add a deeper meaning.
The main character of a story.
Who is the PROTAGONIST?
The author’s use of appearance, words or actions to reveal something about a character.
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
The use of language that appeals to the senses; it paints a picture in the reader's mind.
What is IMAGERY?
The part of the plot where an author introduces readers to the setting, the characters, and the conflict.
What is EXPOSITION?
The central point or message of a literary work.
What is THEME?
The character or force which the protagonist is pitted against.
Who is the ANTAGONIST?
This refers to a contrast between expectation and reality.
What is IRONY?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a METAPHOR?
The sequence of actions and events in a literary work.
What is PLOT?
When a word or phrase is repeated in order to emphasize something or call attention to it.
What is REPETITION?
A character who changes throughout the course of a literary work.
What is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER?
Name that literary technique: He is clever like a fox.
What is SIMILE?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word, within a line or a sentence.
What is ALLITERATION?
The turning point in the plot of a story.
What is CLIMAX?
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
What is an ALLUSION?
A narrator whose credibility is compromised.This type of narrator speaks with a bias, makes mistakes, and sometimes even lies.
Who is an UNRELIABLE NARRATOR?
The narrative perspective from which the story is told.
What is POINT OF VIEW?