Lit Vocab 8/19/16

Question 1

The person who tells the story

Answer 1

Narrator

Question 2

A problem or struggle I character faces with in himself

Answer 2

Internal conflict

Question 3

Use of clues to give readers a hint of events to occur

Answer 3

Foreshadowing

Question 4

An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

Answer 4

Novel

Question 5

A conversation between two people

Answer 5

Dialogue

Question 6

The action that makes up a story. Events.

Answer 6

Plot

Question 7

The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used

Answer 7

Metaphor

Question 8

Writing that helps to describe an object or feeling. Example similes and metaphors

Answer 8

Figurative language

Question 9

The angle from which a story is told example 1st person, third person

Answer 9

Point of view

Question 10

The time and the place of a story’s action

Answer 10

Setting

Question 11

Anxious curiosity the reader feels about what will happen next in the story

Answer 11

Suspense

Question 12

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Answer 12

Simile

Question 13

A clash between personal and public interest of a person

Answer 13

Conflict

Question 14

Character struggles with an outside force such as another person or nature

Answer 14

External conflict

Question 15

Any event or action that leads to a certain result

Answer 15

Cause and effect