Lit-Terms Q2

The sequence of events in a literary work is known as

The feeling one gets while reading a piece of literature; the atmosphere

Introduces the setting, characters, the basic situation, and the conflict

Events that increase the tension

What is anything that represents something else?

A 3-line Japanese poem with 17 syllables is called

The waves crashed against the side of the boat

Meter is the rhythmical pattern of a poem.

Is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words, as in hi and bye

Takes place within the mind of a character.

The writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

You are as slow as a sloth

What is a work of fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel?

A brief work of fiction is a novel.

A Dynamic Character does not grow or change throughout the story.

The main character of a literary work is known as

The turning point in the story. It is the moment of greatest tension.

The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told

When the author takes the reader back in time to a memory, he/she is using what literary technique?

The sun smiled down on us

Told by a character who uses the first-person pronoun “I.”

A piece of writing that combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact.

The time and place of a literary work

A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is

Hyperbole is an exageration