ECA Review - Literary Terms

Question 1

What is the first person point of view?

Accepted Answer

The author tells things from his own perspective. Uses "I"

Question 2

What is the climax in a plot?

Accepted Answer

The turning point of the story; the peak of the conflict

Question 3

What is an autobiography?

Accepted Answer

The story of a person's life written by himself/herself

Question 4

What is characterization?

Accepted Answer

How an author reveals the personality of a character

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Accepted Answer

The sound of a work echoes the sound it represents

Question 6

What is nonfiction?

Accepted Answer

A literary work that is factual or true-life

Question 7

What is the theme of a literary work?

Accepted Answer

The central idea of a literary work

Question 8

What is a simile?

Accepted Answer

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

Question 9

What is a scene?

Accepted Answer

A single situation or unit of dialogue in a story or play

Question 10

What is dialogue?

Accepted Answer

Conversation between characters

Question 11

What is a biography?

Accepted Answer

The story of a person's life written by someone else

Question 12

What is a setting?

Accepted Answer

The time and place in which the story unfolds

Question 13

What is fiction?

Accepted Answer

A literary work that is not necessarily fact

Question 14

What is rising action?

Accepted Answer

In the plot when the action increases. Leads to the climax

Question 15

What is point of view?

Accepted Answer

The narrative voice of perspective used by the author

Question 16

What are flashbacks?

Accepted Answer

Reference to an event that happened before the story began

Question 17

What is the third person point of view?

Accepted Answer

Narrative voice where the narrator is not part of the story

Question 18

What is genre?

Accepted Answer

A literary type or form. Example - Drama, poetry, tall tales

Question 19

What is a fable?

Accepted Answer

A brief tale illustrating a moral lesson

Question 20

What is falling action?

Accepted Answer

Events taking place after the climax. Lead to resolution

Question 21

What is foreshadowing?

Accepted Answer

This builds suspense by hinting at what's to come

Question 22

What is a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

When a direct comparison is made not using "like" or "as"

Question 23

What is a conflict in literature?

Accepted Answer

A struggle between opposing forces. Drives the storys action

Question 24

What is the resolution in literature?

Accepted Answer

The end of the story where the conflict is resolved

Question 25

What is imagery?

Accepted Answer

The mental pictures created by a piece of writing

Question 26

What is alliteration?

Accepted Answer

Repetition of the initial sounds of many words in a group

Question 27

What is hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

When an overstatement or exaggeration occurs

Question 28

What is personification?

Accepted Answer

When something nonhuman is given human characteristics

Question 29

What is symbolism?

Accepted Answer

A device in literature where an object represents and idea

Question 30

What is the exposition?

Accepted Answer

In the plot when the characters and situation are introduced

ECA Review - Literary Terms

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ECA Review - Literary Terms

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