Literary Terms

The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax

The central idea; a universal lesson about life or human nature

perspective from which a story is told...

This is the main character of the story.

when the opposite of what is expected to happen happens

Text structure that describes events using time order

First person point of view uses pronouns such as...

Which is NOT an example of author's purpose?

A setting, character, symbol, etc. that has been repurposed many times in many different cultures

The time, place, or culture in which a story occurs.

A character who changes during the course of a story is a:

Writer's attitude toward his or her subject

Lines spoken between characters in fiction or in a play.

Third Person Limited Point of View

A reference within a literary work to another popular work of literature, art, or real event is called

sequence of events in a story

descriptive language that uses the senses to create a picture in your mind

A feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

a scene of an event that occurred prior to the opening scene.

background information provided to a reader at the beginning of a story

Language enriched by word images and figures of speech (similes, metaphors, etc.)-NOT LITERAL

The character in opposition to the protagonist.

The struggle between two or more opposing forces

Sensory details are...

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

Which is NOT an external conflict?

the emotional response the reader feels

a figure of speech comparing two things WITHOUT like or as (______is______)

A person, place, or object that represents something else or an abstract idea.

the choice and use of words and phrases 

The moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict; the turning point

An extravagant exaggeration

Which of these would be an example of an internal conflict?

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Secondary character who contrasts with a major character

Giving human qualities to ideas and things

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together

 the same consonant sound repeats within a group of words

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called

Words whose sound suggests its meaning.

a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

A character who remains primarily the same throughout a story.

This is the correct order of the parts of the plot in a story.

word or phrase that contradicts itself

An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.

When the audience is aware of something in the story that the characters are not

The literal, or dictionary, definition of a word.

The use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says