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Morphological Analysis
Literary Terms
Literary Terms Examples
Kinds of Characters
Anything Goes
100
word/name
What is ono/onym?
100
The end of the story that solves the conflict and wraps up all the loose ends.
What is the resolution?
100
The tap-tap-tap of the pencil was driving me nuts!
What is onomatopoeia? Repetition is also acceptable.
100
A character with a smaller role that moves the plot forward.
What is a minor character?
100
This word part means "bad."
What is "mal"?
200
to say/proclaim
What is dict?
200
When the author shows you what a character is like based on their actions and dialogue.
What is indirect characterization?
200
I can hear that last piece of cake calling my name!
What is personification?
200
The hero of the story.
What is the protagonist?
200
This is made up of the events after the climax.
What is the falling action?
300
go; yield
What is cede/cess/ceed?
300
The author gives the reader hints of what is to come in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
I wandered down the road as lonely as the last cloud in the sky wanders across the sky.
What is a simile?
300
A character that does not significantly change in the story.
What is a static character?
300
This is how you should behave in all conversations with each other, not just in lit studies.
What is polite and courteous?
400
good
What is bene/ben/bon?
400
The central message or moral of a story.
What is the theme?
400
The Cadillac was completely crushed in the car crash.
What is alliteration?
400
A character with only one major personality trait.
What is a flat character?
400
This is when the reader draws on clues the author leaves them to better understand the text.
What is inferring/ making an inference?
500
distant/far away
What is tele?
500
The beginning of the story that introduces the characters, conflict, and setting.
What is the exposition?
500
Summer vacation is an eternity away!
What is hyperbole?
500
The character that represents opposition to the main character.
What is the antagonist?
500
This is the goal of a reader where you read accurately, quickly, and with expression.
What is fluent?