literary terms to know

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things or ideas.

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

a figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as.

Question 3

personification

Answer 3

giving human characteristics to non-human things.

Question 4

genre

Answer 4

how literature is divided.

Question 5

antagonist

Answer 5

`the character thats against the main character.

Question 6

protagonist

Answer 6

the main character in a work of literature.

Question 7

foreshadowing

Answer 7

the use of clues that tell what is going to happen next in a story.

Question 8

allusion

Answer 8

a reference to a well known person,place, thing or event.

Question 9

symbolism

Answer 9

anything that represents itself and something else.

Question 10

point of view

Answer 10

the authors choice for narration of the story.

Question 11

theme

Answer 11

the main message or insight into real life revealed through the literary work.

Question 12

imagery

Answer 12

words or phrases that recite vivid sensory experiences for the reader.

Question 13

fiction

Answer 13

from the imagination of a writer.

Question 14

non-fiction

Answer 14

factual information about people, places, or events.

Question 15

narrative

Answer 15

any kind of writing that is primarily concerned with relating an event or a series of events.

Question 16

flashback

Answer 16

an event or conversation/episode that happened before the beginning of the story.

Question 17

plot pyramid

Answer 17

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, denouement.

Question 18

conflict

Answer 18

the struggle between opposing forces in which is the basis for the plot.