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Literary Terms
Narrative Know-How
Figurative Language
Potpourri
Voracious Verbs
100
Dialogue
What is the conversation between two characters in a narrative or story?
100
The main character in the story. Ex. Esperanza from THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET.
Who is the protagonist?
100
Onomatopoeia
What is a word that represents a sound?
100
To tell all the steps or important facts in an event.
What is detail?
100
To duplicate or make again. I can _________ a worksheet by making copies of it.
What is replicate?
200
Historical fiction, Science fiction, Romance, poetry and realistic fiction are all examples of different these.
What are genres?
200
The most exiting part of a story.
What is the climax?
200
"The moon shone like an topaz in the night sky" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
200
Feeling nervous or worried.
What is anxious?
200
To look back on something and think about it. Can also refer to what a mirror does.
What is reflect?
300
A story of events, usually told in order.
What is a narrative?
300
In a narrative, this is the part where the characters and the conflict are introduced.
What is the exposition?
300
In literature, the use of exaggeration to make a strong point.
What is hyperbole?
300
"I think that chocolate ice cream is the most delicious thing in the entire world," is an example of an...
What is opinion?
300
Your flight to Bora Bora will be ___________ in 30 minutes.
What is departing?
400
A story told from the "I" point of view.
What is first-person point-of-view?
400
When you can't put a book down because you're dying to know what happens next, you have been sucked in by this.
What is narrative drive?
400
An author's use of sensory details like sights, sounds, tastes and smells to make their writing seem more real.
What is imagery?
400
Climbing Mt. Everest without oxygen would be an example of an ultimate _________.
What is challenge?
400
A person who has grown up and become more experienced is said to be this.
What is mature?
500
Knows only the feelings and thoughts of one character.
What is third person limited omniscient point-of-view?
500
The events leading up to the climax.
What is rising action?
500
A comparison of two unlike things with similar characteristics such that the one is said to be the other.
What is a metaphor?
500
Words such as 'mine', 'yours', 'his', 'hers', 'ours' and 'theirs' are all examples of these.
What are possessive pronouns?
500
When I retell the main events of a story, I _________.
What is summarize.