Literary Terms

What is a fake, over-exaggerated, or stereotypical character?

What is a character who changes significantly during the course of the story?

What is the turning point in a story?

What is giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas?

vivid words to create a picture and appeal to the five senses

What is uncertainty, fear, or anxiety felt about what will happen?

What is a character who doesn't really change in any way in the story?

What is it called when the story's problems are resolved and the story ends?

What is the author's attitude towards people, places, events in a story - atmosphere of a work

the introduction of the setting and characters, and a hint at the central conflict

What is the struggle between a character and an outside force?

What are the people, animals, or creatures in a story called?

What is the perspective the story is told from?

What is the basic series of event in a story?

What is to hint at things to come, to hint at what will happen later in the story?

What point of view is it when the author tells a story but is not part of the story?

the conflict unfolds, and the characters begin to take steps to solve the problem?

What are actions leading to the final resolution of the conflict?

What is the central problem in a story?

What is the character at the center of most of the action, but not always the good guy or hero?

What is the time, place, and environment/atmosphere of a story?

Who is the individual telling the story?

What point of view is it called when the author addresses "you"?

What is a character, situation, or force working against the protagonist?

What is another word for resolution?

What is a realistic, three-dimensional character?

What point of view uses the words: "I" and "we"

What is the struggle within a character? feelings, thoughts, values?

What is the message or moral of the story? a truth about life?

What is the author's choice of language, sentence structure/length, and literary devices?