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Who is telling the story?
PLOT/Conflict
Important Story Pieces
Figurative Language
Irony
100

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

What is the narrator?

100

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

What is the climax?

100

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

What is a character?

100

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

What is a simile?

100

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

200
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
What is point of view?
200
What kind of conflict occurs when one person has tension with another person?

External Conflict - Man vs. Man

200

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

What is the setting?

200

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

What is a metaphor?

200

What type of irony occurs when the actual outcome of an event or situation is the exact opposite of what was reasonably expected? It occurs when there is a striking contrast between expectation and reality. For example, a Fire House burning down

Situational Irony

300
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person point of view?
300

What kind of conflict occurs when a person encounters an event like a tornado or a blizzard?

External:  Man vs. Nature

300

Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the jars in "1,000 Year Old Ghosts"

A Symbol (or Symbolism)

300

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

What is personification?

300

What type of irony occurs when a speaker intentionally says one thing but means the complete opposite. This is similar to sarcasm.

Verbal Irony

400
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?
400

What kind of conflict is described when a person is at a crossroads or has an important decision to make?

Internal Conflict

400

A narrative device where an author drops subtle clues, hints, or warnings about events that will occur later in a story. It builds suspense, creates anticipation, and prepares the audience for upcoming plot twists

Foreshadowing

400

The act of placing two or more things—such as concepts, images, characters, or objects—side by side to highlight their differences, reveal surprising similarities, or create a new meaning.

Juxtaposition

400

What type of irony occurs when one or more characters know about something that another character is unaware of, and it often contributes to the conflict.

Dramatic Irony

500
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?
500

What kind of conflict occurs when a person has a struggle against social norms, laws, or systemic oppression, such as fighting a corrupt government, systemic racism, or cultural expectations.

External - Person vs. Society

500

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

What is theme.

500

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?

500

What type of irony is present in this example: 

"Wow, you really aced that test. I can totally tell by the way you were guessing all the answers."

Verbal Irony