Who is telling the story?
PLOT
Important Story Pieces
Figurative Language
Author's Choice/Other
100

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

Narrator

100

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

Climax

100

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

Character

100

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

Simile

100

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

Symbol

200

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

Point of view

200

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

Inciting Incident / Conflict

200

The time and place of the action in a literary work is known as what?

Setting

200

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

Metaphor

200

In literature, what is the atmosphere, or the overall feeling and emotional response evoked in the reader by a literary work, like a story, poem, or novel?

Mood

300

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

First person point of view

300

The part of the plot where the action is becoming more intense - leading to the climax - is known as what?

Rising action

300

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

Plot

300

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

Personification

300

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

Tone

400

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

Third person point of view

400

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

Resolution

400

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

Sensory imagery

400

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?

Irony

400

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

Style

500

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

Omniscient point of view

500

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

Exposition

500

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

Theme

500

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

Hyperbole

500

A character that contrasts with another, usually the protagonist, to highlight the latter's qualities, traits, or motivations is a what?

Foil