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Who is telling the story?
Elements of Literature
Important Story Pieces
Figurative Language
Author's Choice/Other
100
What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story?
What is the narrator?
100
Saying one thing but meaning another is known as what?
What is verbal irony?
100
What literary term is defined as all the ways in which a narrator reveals a character to the reader?
What is characterization?
100
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a 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"
What is a symbol?
200
The view from which a story is being told is known as what literary term?
What is point of view?
200
A nicer way of saying something that could be considered rude or harsh is known as what?
What is a euphemism?
200
The time and place of the events 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
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject defines what literary term?
What is tone?
300
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person point of view?
300
Speaking or writing that is based in opinion is known as what?
What is subjective?
300
What literary term can be defined as the problems or struggles a character faces?
What is the conflict?
300
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
300
The reason why an author is writing, also described as the author's main point describes what literary term?
What is author's purpose/claim/argument?
400
When an unknown person outside of the story tells the story, this is what point of view?
What is third person point of view?
400
The way a piece of writing is set up or built is known as what?
What is text structure?
400
Descriptive writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses is known as what?
What is 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?
What is irony?
400
A question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to be answered is known as what?
What is a rhetorical question?
500
When the reader is pulled into the action of the story, this is know as what point of view?
2nd person point of view.
500
The feeling or suggested meaning of a word is know as what?
What is the connotation?
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
A reference to something/someone famous or widely known is known as what?
What is an allusion?