12th Grade Boot Camp: Literature Vocab

An often-repeated idea or theme in literature

When there is a great difference between the purpose of a particular action and the result

Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning

Type of conflict where a character has a problem with nature

The Author's opinion of a character, setting or event in a story is...

The part of the plot line that is intended to introduce or explain or set up the plot?

Type of conflict when a person has a problem deciding what to do in a situation

What is the term for the series of struggles that builds a story or play toward a climax?

What is the feeling a text arouses in the reader called?

Type of conflict where a character must battle an intangible force.

When a story is told by one of the characters it is in what point of view?

What is the action or sequence of events in a story?

What is a literary reference to a familiar or historical person, place, thing or event?

What two parts of the plot make up the Exposition?

When the author gives hints or information you have to think about to describe a character.

What is the term for the most intense point or turning point of the story?

What is the term for a person or thing working against the protagonist of the story?

The feeling the author's word choice and description creates

The use of words to create a certain picture in the reader's mind

What is the term used for the main character of the story?

The following video is an example of..

What is the term used for the part of the story in which the problem is solved?

Features a main character who is seeking to find something or achieve a goal

The following is an example of...

Repetition of the beginning sound

When a author tells the read direct information about a character in the text.

What is the set of circumstances surrounding an event or a situation in a story?

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else

What is a widely held but fixed & oversimplified image/idea of a particular type of character?

When the reader or audience sees a character's mistakes but the character does not

The following video is an example of..

What is a comparison of two unlike objects?

The moment of the exposition connected to the moment of highest suspense is the ...

This video is an example of

What is the vantage point from which a story is told?

When a story is told by someone outside of the story it is what point of view?

Which of the following is not an example of an Archetype?

When the character says one thing and means another

What is the part of the play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax?

What is the graphic display of the action or events in a story?

Type of conflict when a character has a problem with some element of society

The type of conflict when one character in a story has a problem with other characters

The emotion an author creates for a reader using description or setting is...

The opinion an author has of a character, event, or setting

A separate introductory section of a literary work

What is that term for giving hints or clues of what is to come later in the story?

What is the term for the statement about life that a writer is trying to get across in a story?

A particular value or lesson the author is trying to get across to the reader

A play

Which is NOT a characteristic of an Archetype...