Literary Devices

What is the term for the main character of a literary work?

Which type of conflict is experienced within a character himself or herself?

What type of story is passed by word of mouth from generation to generation?

What is the term for a narrator who is all-knowing?

What is the most common type of narration?

Which literary device presents an event that occurred earlier?

What type of narrator is Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

What is the term for the part of the plot that introduces the character and setting?

What is a language spoken by the people of a particular time, place, or social group?

What is the point of greatest tension in a story?

What type of character exhibits only one quality or characteristic?

Which literary device is used when a character says one thing but means another?

Which type of character does not change during the course of the story?

Which type of narration uses the pronouns I, me, we, etc.?

What is the setting of "Thank You M'am"?

Which literary device presents hints or clues to events that will occur later in a story?

Which literary device involves exaggeration or overstatement?

What type of characterization requires a reader to make inferences about a character's traits?

What is the least common type of narration?

What is another term for sensory details including sight, touch, taste, etc.?