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A reference in literature to a familiar person, place or thing.
What is an allusion
100
Giving hints of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work.
What is an antagonist?
100
The problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action.
What is a conflict?
100
The main character or hero of the story.
What is the protagonist?
200
The words or phrases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the reader’s mind
What is imagery?
200
The time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs. It can act like another character.
What is the setting?
200
A comparison of two unlike things in which like or as is used.
What is a simile?
200
One character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters.
What is person vs. person?
200
A comparison of two unlike things in which like or as is not used.
What is a metaphor?
300
Going back to an earlier time (in a story) for the purpose of making something in the present clearer.
What is a flashback?
300
A character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation.
What is person vs. self or internal conflict?
300
A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of some human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing the subject.
What is satire?
300
A character has a problem with some natural happening.
What is person vs. nature?
300
An example of a figure of speech: an exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
400
The repetition of the initial consonant sound in words
What is alliteration?
400
A character has a problem with some element of society.
What is person vs. society?
400
An often-repeated idea or theme in literature.
What is a motif?
400
The method an author uses to reveal or describe characters and their various personalities.
What is characterization?
400
Person vs. person, person vs. nature, and person vs. society are all forms of this type of conflict. Not an internal conflict.
What is an external conflict?
500
A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; there is a moral or lesson.
What is an allegory
500
Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning.
What is irony?
500
A comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways, too.
What is an analogy
500
The statement about life (a message) a particular work is trying to get across to the reader.
What is theme?
500
The feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader: happiness, sadness, peacefulness, etc.
What is mood?