Literary Terms Flashcards
Character characterization
Characters motivation comparison and description
Flashback
A scene from earlier that interrupts with the story
Foreshadowing
A hint of what’s to come
Imagery
Descriptive words or phrases that paint a picture in the readers head
Main idea
A part or paragraph that explains everything
Plot
Made up of parts of the story to the climax
Purpose
The reason the author wrote the book
Setting
Where the story takes place it describes the area around the main characters
Antagonist protagonist
The person you root for and the person you don’t
Conflict
Central conflict battle between opposing characters
Question
To ask yourself what this means or why it comes into play
Connect
To use your mind and make connections between things
Visualize
To picture the scene in your head
Biography
A story about ones self
Connecting
The thing that authors do to connect different parts of a story
