Literary Terms

Question 0

Dynamic Character

Answer 0

A character that changes behaviors or belief

Question 1

Flashback

Answer 1

A scene that interrupts the work to show a previous event

Question 2

Static character

Answer 2

A character that doesn’t change behavior or beliefs

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

An unexpected twist in the story

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

Descriptive words and phrases that don’t appeal to at least one of the five senses

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

The atmosphere remain in motion air literary work

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

The writers attitude towards a subject

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Words that mimic the sounds they describe (buzz, bang, pow, meow, bark)

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

The central message or lesson about life the author reveals through a work

Question 9

Symbol

Answer 9

An object, person, or place to represent a larger idea or attitude (dove=peace, olive branch=friendship, white rose=death, dark clouds=
something bad to come)

Question 10

Genre

Answer 10

The different types of literature (poem, play, novel, biography, script, etc…)

Question 11

Allusion

Answer 11

Reference to a literary, mythical, historical, person, place, or thing (“you’re as smart as Albert Einstein.” “you’re as old as the Liberty Bell.”)

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

Beginning several consecutive words with the same sound (Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

Giving an object human characteristics

Question 14

Plot

Answer 14

The sequence of events in a story or play

Question 15

Protagonist

Answer 15

The main character in the story

(good guy)

Question 16

Antagonist

Answer 16

The character that opposes the protagonist

bad guy

Question 17

Characterization

Answer 17

The methods an author uses to create a character

Question 18

Chronological

Answer 18

The order the events in the story occurred

Question 19

Internal conflict

Answer 19

The problem or struggle within a character

Question 20

External conflict

Answer 20

Problems outside the character

weather, finances, bullies

Question 21

Foreshadowing

Answer 21

Hints or clues to suggest future action

Question 22

Dramatic irony

Answer 22

The audience or readers know something that a character(s) doesn’t know

Question 23

Situational irony

Answer 23

When even turned out differently than expected

Question 24

Verbal irony

Answer 24

When you say the opposite of what you really mean

sarcasm

Question 25

Omniscient third person

Answer 25

Point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story but all-knowing about the characters

Question 26

Third person limited

Answer 26

Point of view in which the narrator is not in the story but knows thoughts and feelings of one character well; uses he, she, they, them.

Question 27

First person

Answer 27

The story is told from one character’s point of view; the character is in the story; uses “I”

Question 28

Denotation

Answer 28

The dictionary definition of a word

Question 29

Connotation

Answer 29

The feelings associated with a word; like rat or snake

Question 30

Simile

Answer 30

Comparing two or more objects using “like” or “as”

Question 31

Metaphor

Answer 31

Comparing two or more objects NOT using “like” or “as”