Literary Terms Review

Define plot

Which element of plot goes in spot #1?

I yawned, my eyelids feeling heavy. I reached for my coffee cup and was disappointed to realize it was empty.

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Foreshadowing is a writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in the story.

The theme is the topic the author chooses to write about.

Which element of plot goes in spot #4?

Personification is an example of figurative language.

This picture is an example of _______ irony.

This picture is an example of _______ irony.

Characters who change as the plot unfolds.

The excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how a story ends is called:

Simple characters without a lot of description.

What type of conflict is represented in this picture?

Characters who remain the same.

Sarcasm is an example of ________ irony.

Characters that are well described and display many character traits.

The mean and deranged teacher could barely hold back her smile as she assigned two hundred pages of reading.

Which is not one of the six elements of plot?

Which element of plot goes in spot #6?

Which element of plot goes in spot #5?

A _____ is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

This picture is an example of _______ irony.

Which element of plot goes in spot #2?