Figurative Lang
Literary Terms 1
Parts of Speech
Words Relationships

Literary Terms 2
100

Compares 2 things using like or as

What is a simile?

100

The logical sequence of events that develops a story.

A.  Resolution

B. Analogy

C.  Plot

C. Plot

100

Person, place or thing

What is a noun?

100

A picture is to the eyes as a song is to the ears. 

A. lack 

B. characteristic 

C. function

B. characteristic 

C. function

100

Direct speech between characters in a literary work. 

A.  Dialogue

B.  Tone

C.  Antonym

A.  Dialogue

200

The implied meaning of a word

connotation

200

A person who tells the story

Who is the narrator?

200

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun

What is a pronoun?

200

widower : husband 

A. wave : water 

B. liar : honesty 

C. crucial : important

B. liar : honesty


200

A hint of what is to come in a literary work.

A. Cast

B.  Foreshadowing

C.  Flash Forward

B.  Foreshadowing

300

Gives human-like qualities to an object or animal

What is personification?

300

What part of the plot comes between the exposition and the rising action.

The conflict

300

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective?

300

fascinating : interesting 

A. king : royal 

B. soldier : power 

C. exciting : exhilarating

C. exciting : exhilarating

300

The main character in a literary work.

Antagonist

400

An overstatement or exaggeration

What is hyperbole?

400

The main character of story, novel or a play

Protagonist

400

The action of the sentences

What is a verb?

400

wizard : magical 

A. misfortune : luck 

B. chef : cooperative 

C. king : royal

C. king : royal

400

When a person or author makes an indirect reference to a (usually past) event or figure.

A.  Connotation

B. Allusion

C. Analogy

B. Allusion

500

Two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter

What is alliteration?

500

In order what are the five parts of the plot chart.

1.  exposition

2. rising action

3. climax

4. falling action

5. resolution

500

Describes how the action is performed

What is an adverb?

500

core : apple 

A. dress : skirt 

B. wool : sheep 

C. couplet : poem


C. couplet : poem

500

What is an Antagonist in literary stories.

The opposing force in a literary text. Such as a villain or natural disaster.