Literary Terms

Question 1

short story

Answer 1

breif fictional story

Question 2

plot

Answer 2

events in story

Question 3

theme

Answer 3

message or lesson

Question 4

setting

Answer 4

where and when the story takes place

Question 5

characterization

Answer 5

how a character is portrayed

Question 6

direct characterization

Answer 6

the narrator tells us what a character is like, ‘You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch!”

Question 7

indirect characterization

Answer 7

we found out through dialogue, description of a character, and what others say.

Question 8

Protagonist

Answer 8

main character

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

character that has conflict with the protagonist

Question 10

round character

Answer 10

many human traits make a personality

Question 11

flat character

Answer 11

one personality trait stereotype

Question 12

dynamic character

Answer 12

a character who changes mentally by the end of the story

Question 13

static character

Answer 13

character that doesn’t change

Question 14

irony

Answer 14

expectation vs reality

Question 15

verbal irony

Answer 15

sarcastic remarks “I cant wait to go to Mrs. Bailie’s class to take notes!”

Question 16

situational Irony

Answer 16

something happens that isn’t expected =fire station burns down, powerplant goes out, police station gets robbed

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

Answer 17

the audience knows something the character doesn’t. The killer is behind the shower curtain victim walks in.

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

reference to history or culture that the author expects us to know

Question 19

conflict

Answer 19

problem

Question 20

Internal conflict

Answer 20

man vs. self

Question 21

external conflict

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man vs. man

Question 22

point of view

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perspective of story

Question 23

first person

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narrator uses I

Question 24

third person ominient

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narrator not in story but knows all things

Question 25

third person limited

Answer 25

narrator is not in story but only knows one person's point of view

Question 26

second person

Answer 26

"You" recipe, how-to guides, instructions

Question 27

foil

Answer 27

characters that are opposite to each other

Question 28

simile

Answer 28

comparison using like or as. "He was as fast as a cheetah."

Question 29

metaphor

Answer 29

comparison not using like or as "He was a cheetah on the field."

Question 30

personification

Answer 30

giving non-human traits to a nonhuman object

Question 31

flashback

Answer 31

past memories

Question 32

foreshadowing

Answer 32

giving hints to what will happen in the future

Question 33

allegory

Answer 33

story with morals or lesson/characters is symbolic or literal.

Question 34

satire

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making fun of weaknesses in society to prove a point

Question 35

mood

Answer 35

how a story/reading makes the reader feel

Question 36

tone

Answer 36

the authors attitude towards his/her work

Question 37

imagery

Answer 37

language that appeals to the 5 senses

Question 38

symbolism

Answer 38

something that represents an idea of belief dove=peace, flag=patrism, skull and crossbones=posion

Question 39

dialogue

Answer 39

conversation between characters

Question 40

exposition

Answer 40

background info in a story (characters conflict setting)

Question 41

narrative hook

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found in the exposition hooks the readers attention so they want to keep reading

Question 42

rising action

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events in the story leaving to the climax of the conflict

Question 43

climax

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highest point of interest in the story the Ah-Ha moment

Question 44

falling action

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events leading to the end of a story

Question 45

resolution

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the conflict is resolved at the end of a story not always a happily ever after

Question 46

epic

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long poem or story narrating a hero's deeds and adventures

Question 47

hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" The limo is as long as a football field

Question 48

onomatopoeia

Answer 48

words that sound like noise/sound effects "Oink" "Meow" "Bang" "Boom"

Question 49

soliloquy

Answer 49

a long speech by a character on stage alone (thinking aloud.

Question 50

suspense

Answer 50

feelings of excitement or anxious uncertainty about something

Question 51

voice

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author's use of language to make the story unique

Question 52

oxymoron

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words that contradict eachother (jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, icy hot, small crowd, old news)

Question 53

Myth

Answer 53

the traditional story concerning a history of a people explaining a natural event.