Literary Terms

Peter Piper picked peppers but Run rocked rhymes is an example of what?

A book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.

In a play when the author allows us to hear the thoughts of a character.

The emotional response suggested by a word.

A piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work.

The central character

"The sea screamed in fury"

A short fictional narrative.

A major subdivision in a poem.

The prefix mal means

Setting includes

You should include the title of the work in a summary.

"She was a bear in the morning"

A struggle a character must overcome

The prefix non means

15. What does the prefix circum mean?

Second person point of view

First person point of view

This is the tense we write in for a summary.

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

Static characters

The language the author uses to create the story

This happens after the falling action.

The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

An interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to describe an earlier event.

The overall feel of a novel

This is where the setting is first described:

The prefix hyper means?

A writer’s choice and arrangement of words and phrases

The main idea expressed in a literary work

The person or force in opposition to the protagonist

A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen in a story.

The conflict is resolved here:

Novels, poetry, and short stories are this type of writing.

This is the highest point of intensity in the story.

The “dictionary” definition of a word.

When the author tells us exactly what kind of person a character is

What does the prefix pre mean?

Hints or clues that something will happen later on

The time and place in which a story unfolds.

A literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents.

When something concrete represents something abstract

A story that is made-up can be classified as

Dynamic characters

A comparison between two unlike things that uses the words like or as in the comparison.

This happens after the exposition and after the conflict.

What is the purpose of a summary?

When a text makes a reference to another text in a story.

Internal Conflict