Literary Terms Jeopardy (9th Grade)

Who is telling the story?

1

What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story?

What is the narrator?

2

The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?

What is point of view?

3

When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?

What is first person point of view?

4

When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story from a limited viewpoint, this is what point of view?

What is third person point of view?

5

When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing, this is known as which point of view?

What is omniscient point of view?

PLOT

1

The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?

What is the climax?

2

The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?

What is the rising action?

3

The part of the plot where the action is starting to come to a close is known as what?

What is the falling action?

4

The part of the plot where all "loose ends" are tied up and the problem(s) have been solved is known as what?

What is the resolution?

5

The part of the plot where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is known as what?

What is the exposition?

Important Story Pieces

1

What literary term is defined as a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work?

What is a character?

2

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3

What literary term can be defined as the sequence of events in a literary work?

What is the plot?

4

Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses is known as what?

What is sensory imagery?

5

The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?

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Figurative Language

1

"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?

What is a simile?

2

"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?

What is a metaphor?

3

When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?

What is personification?

4

A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?

What is irony?

5

A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?

What is a hyperbole?

Author's Choice/Other

1

Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the word "Game" in "The Most Dangerous Game"

What is a symbol?

2

The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject defines what literary term?

What is tone?

3

An author's specific way of writing, word choices, etc. describes what literary term?

What is style?

4

A character that shows only one trait (like Mrs. Mitty) is known as what?

What is a flat character?

5

A character that shows many different traits--faults as well as virtues (like Walter Mitty) is known as what?

What is a round character?