Lit-Terms Q2

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

The main character of a literary work is known as

Hyperbole is an exageration

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

A 3-line Japanese poem with 17 syllables is called

Events that increase the tension

The sequence of events in a literary work is known as

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

Takes place within the mind of a character.

Meter is the rhythmical pattern of a poem.

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

What is anything that represents something else?

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

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

The sun smiled down on us

You are as slow as a sloth

The waves crashed against the side of the boat

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

A brief work of fiction is a novel.

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

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

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

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

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

The time and place of a literary work