Literary Terms

She withered in her chair as the boy insulted her again.

A firefighter's house burns to the ground while he is at work.

With this type of irony, the audience knows something one of the characters doesn't.

Your science textbook was written for this reason.

Even the clock was hungry.

The setting is part of this?

From whose perspective is the story being told?

The sequence of events which tell the story.

The lesson you and I should have learned by reading passage.

The world was his oyster.

This is foreshadowing that is always bad.

One of the characters is telling the story. What kind of narration is this?

What is an event that hasn't happened yet called?

Bob is exaggerating again. Bob is using what literary term?

Which one of these is NOT author's purpose?

The reason WHY someone bothers to write anything.

Who is the antagonist?

This is the reason WHY a character acts a certain way.

The time and place of a story is called what?

The point when the protagonist fate is sealed?

I am so hungry I could eat entire side of beef!!

The narrator is an objective bystander sharing with us what they see/hear. He is NOT one of the story's characters.

Can you see it, hear it, smell it, taste it, or touch it?This is what literary term?

Who is the main character in the story?

The American flag represents freedom to people from around the world. What is this called?