Lit Term Vocabulary (Competition for Friday)

Question 1

The main character in the story.

Answer 1

Protagonist

Question 2

The person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the protagonist.

Answer 2

Antagonist

Question 3

The author’s appeal to credibility in persuasive writing.

Answer 3

Ethos

Question 4

The author’s appeal to emotion in persuasive writing.

Answer 4

Pathos

Question 5

The author’s appeal to logic in persuasive writing.

Answer 5

Logos

Question 6

Words that have similar meanings.

Answer 6

Synonyms

Question 7

An educated guess for literature or images.

Answer 7

Inference

Question 8

A form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.

Answer 8

Propaganda

Question 9

Generalizations about a group of people whereby we attribute a defined set of characteristics to this group.

Answer 9

Stereotypes

Question 10

To put pieces of information together to come to or produce a conclusion.

Answer 10

Synthesize

Question 11

Giving the similarities and differences between two items.

Answer 11

Compare/Contrast

Question 12

The repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed by each other.

Answer 12

Alliteration

Question 13

Words that sound like their meaning

Answer 13

Onomatopoeia

Question 14

An over exaggeration used for affect.

Answer 14

Hyperbole

Question 15

A direct comparison of two unlike things saying that one IS the other.

Answer 15

Metaphor

Question 16

A combination of two words that seem to contradict each other.

Answer 16

Oxymoron

Question 17

A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth.

Answer 17

Paradox

Question 18

Attributing HUMAN characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or idea.

Answer 18

Personification

Question 19

A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

Answer 19

Simile

Question 20

A scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a PAST event.

Answer 20

Flashback

Question 21

The most exciting or suspenseful part of the story.

Answer 21

Climax

Question 22

A contrast of what is expected and what really happens.

Answer 22

Irony

Question 23

A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from history, literature, sports, government, etc.

Answer 23

Allusion

Question 24

Language that appeals to the senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell.

Answer 24

Imagery

Question 25

A series of related events that make up a story.

Answer 25

Plot

Question 26

A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work.

Answer 26

Character

Question 27

The author's message or truth about life.

Answer 27

Theme

Question 28

The time and place of a story.

Answer 28

Setting

Question 29

The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

Answer 29

Foreshadowing

Question 30

The vantage point from which the story is told.

Answer 30

Point of View

Question 31

A person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else and has its own meaning.

Answer 31

Symbol

Question 32

The overall emotion created by a work of literature.

Answer 32

Mood

Question 33

The attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character.

Answer 33

Tone

Question 34

Event that set the central conflict into motion

Answer 34

Inciting Incident

Question 35

Portion of the story that provides background information

Answer 35

Exposition

Question 36

The struggle or conflict that propels the actions of the story leading to resolution

Answer 36

Central Conflict

Question 37

The story is told through someone outside of the action

Answer 37

Third Limited Point of View

Question 38

The story is told by a narrator who can reveal the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of more than one character

Answer 38

Third Omniscient Point of View

Question 39

When the audience knows something that the characters in a story do not

Answer 39

Dramatic Irony

Question 40

A character's reason for an action

Answer 40

Character Motivation

Question 41

Series of events when action increases in interest leading to climax

Answer 41

Rising Action

Question 42

The act of creating or developing a character

Answer 42

Characterization

Question 43

When one thing is said, but the but the speaker actually means something else (sarcasm)

Answer 43

Verbal Irony

Question 44

Anxiety a reader feels about the couse of action in a story

Answer 44

Suspense

Question 45

A character who exemplifies a lot of traits; well-developed; multi-faceted;reader knows more about them

Answer 45

Round Character

Question 46

A character who remains the same throughout the story; not changed by the action of the plot

Answer 46

Static Character

Question 47

A character who is not well developed; you see only one trait

Answer 47

Flat Character

Question 48

A character who develops, grows, changes, during the course of the action of the story

Answer 48

Dynamic Character

Question 49

Struggle between two opposing forces outside of a character's mind; man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature

Answer 49

External Conflict

Question 50

A struggle that occurs in a character's mind; man vs. himself

Answer 50

Internal Conflict

Question 51

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story

Answer 51

Foreshadowing

Question 52

Conflict is unraveled; events leading to resolution

Answer 52

Falling Action

Question 53

The story is told by a character using the pronoun "I"; the reader sees only what the character reveals; the narrator may not be reliable; the reader often connects personally with the narrator

Answer 53

First Person Point of View

Question 54

Events occur that directly contridict the expectations of the characters and or reader

Answer 54

Situational Irony

Question 55

Outcome of the story; conflict is resolved

Answer 55

Resolution

Question 56

Speaker or character who tells a story; may be either a character in the story or an outside observer

Answer 56

Narrator

Question 57

A difference between appearance and reality; what is said and what is meant, expectations and outcomes

Answer 57

Irony

Question 58

A struggle between two opposing forces

Answer 58

Conflict