Mr. Matthews Lit Terms

Use the picture and determine what type of literature it represents.

Which of the following is considered a common theme in literature

What is true about an index?

What is the name for the person who actually tells the story?

A writer's account of another person's life.

Which is the best example of flashback ...

The use of humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose stupidity in a situation

What do we call the main "good" character in the story?

Darth Vader is perhaps the most famous of bad guys; somebody who works against the good guy ...

A work of literature that is based on imagination.

Language that goes beyond the literal meaning - examples are simile, metaphor, personification

A hint of things to come ...

Words that appeal to the readers senses.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc. 

The repetition of initial consonant sounds - used especially in poetry. 

Which of these is an example of a metaphor?

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

A feeling of excitement or expectation about what will happen next.

When your pulse is pounding and the story is at it's highest point ...

What literary concept does this picture represent?

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

Identify the simile

The place where the story takes place.

When a writer compares 2 ideas that seem to be opposites but have a shared quality ...

Why would you use a glossary?

Find the example of hyperbole in the image ...

There are really 4 types of this (pictured) in literature ...

When the problem is solved.

When characters talk to each other ...

If you were to tell the story of your life ... what would we call that?