CHARACTERS
The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.
What is antagonist?
The part of the story where setting, characters, and background information is established.
What is the exposition?
A feeling or emotional state that a piece of literature creates in the reader such as comedic, suspenseful, tragic, joyous, etc.
What is mood?
A book that is used to find the definition of a word
What is a dictionary?
The central problem in the story
What is conflict?
A major character in a work of fiction whom the reader knows much about, also known as a dynamic character since the reader is aware of the changes they made.
What is a round character?
From the Greek word for ladder, it is the moment in a story when the conflict or crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is usually the turning point in the story's action.
What is the climax?
In addition to time, this needs to be taken into account when describing the setting
What is place?
The name for a word that has a similar meaning
What is a synonym?
A word formed from the first letters in a phrase. For example, RADAR is word that was formed from the phrase “Radio Detection and Ranging.
What is an acronynm?
A round character who changes or evolves over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
The part of the story where conflict starts and escalates. These parts are necessary to bring about the climax.
What is the rising action?
This is something that can affect the mood of the story, but it is connected to setting
(Hint: storm, sunshine, etc.)
What is weather?
The book used to find other words that have a similar meaning to the one in question
What is a thesaurus?
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: The way an author conveys his/her attitude about particular characters and subject matter. In poetry, it is called “voice.” It is the feeling the author brings to the piece or the attitude the author takes (towards the subject, audience, or character[s].
What is tone?
A flat character who does not change or alter his personality over the course of a story.
What is a static character?
The events that follow the climax and help to bring closure or a resolution to the conflict
What is the falling action?
Mental pictures that a reader experiences with a passage of literature.
What is imagery?
The word used to describe a word with the opposite meaning
What is an antonym?
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: Clues throughout a story that allow the reader to predict something that is going to happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
A minor character in a work of fiction who the reader knows little about, also known as a static character since the reader is not aware of any changes they made.
What is a flat character?
The type of story that ends suddenly and leaves the reader with many questions.
What is a cliffhanger ending?
The perspective through which a story is told is also known as this
What is point of view?
The name given to a word puzzle that provides clues; the reader then must fill in boxes with the correct letters
What is a crossword?
The main message or lesson of a story
What is theme?