Lit Terms

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

Beginning of the story where all characters and setting are introduced

Question 2

Rising action

Answer 2

Conflicts arise in the story

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

Turning point of the story

Question 4

Resolution

Answer 4

When all conflicts are solved

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

Lesson of the story

Question 6

Short story

Answer 6

Usually under 10,000 words and fiction

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Extreme exaggeration

Question 8

Poetry

Answer 8

Rhythmic form of writing

Question 9

Plot diagram

Answer 9

Map of story line

Question 10

non fiction

Answer 10

a story based off real people and stories

Question 11

autobiography

Answer 11

a book written about a person written by that person

Question 12

biography

Answer 12

a book written about a person by someone else

Question 13

conflict

Answer 13

problem in the story

Question 14

irony

Answer 14

when something is expected to happen but the opposite happens

Question 15

simile

Answer 15

comparison between 2 things using like or as

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

comparison w/o like or as

Question 17

alliteration

Answer 17

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of each word in a sentence

Question 18

assonance

Answer 18

repetition of the sound of a vowel

Question 19

consonance

Answer 19

agreement between opinions or actions

Question 20

flash back

Answer 20

reference to something in the past

Question 21

for shadowing

Answer 21

hints the author gives about future events

Question 22

verbal irony

Answer 22

when someone says something but means something else

Question 23

dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something the characters don’t

Question 24

personification

Answer 24

giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

Question 25

symbol

Answer 25

an object that represents something greater

Question 26

imagery

Answer 26

descriptive words to make a mental image

Question 27

allusion

Answer 27

reference to a important person and or book

Question 28

syntax

Answer 28

the arrangement of words and phrases to create a sentence

Question 29

dictation

Answer 29

the action of saying words aloud

Question 30

connotation

Answer 30

second meaning to a word

Question 31

denotation

Answer 31

original meaning of a word

Question 32

onomatopoeia

Answer 32

sound words ex) boom, bang, crash

Question 33

antagonist

Answer 33

bad guy

Question 34

protagonist

Answer 34

good guy

Question 35

round character

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a character we know a lot about

Question 36

flat character

Answer 36

a character who we know little about

Question 37

static character

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a person who does not change through out the story

Question 38

dynamic character

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a person who changes a lot through out the story

Question 39

epic poem

Answer 39

a long, serious, poetic narrative about a significant event

Question 40

figurative language

Answer 40

language that contains or uses figures of speech

Question 41

fiction

Answer 41

a story based off of events or people that are not real