English Literary Terms

When the character recalls a memory that happened before the story took place.

When the author hints about a character's qualities through their behaviors and actions.

When the author describes a character in a straightforward manner.

The character, emotion, object, or inner conflict that causes the major conflict in the story.

A character that goes through a major change during the story.

The author's attitude in the story is known as

A character that does not learn anything or develop during the story.

The emotional response the reader has to the story is known as

Time, place, and social circumstance are all parts of the ______

A character that is described from many angles. We know so much we could write a whole essay.

The main character that the reader sympathizes with who faces the major conflict in the story.

"My heart stopped on that roller coaster," is an example of a ___________________

The overall message the author wants you to get from the story.

This is an example of what type of conflict?

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," is an example of what type of figurative language?

"I heard the wind whispering my name," is an example of what figurative language technique?

What is the name for background information given at the beginning of a story?

A character we know very little about

What kind of conflict is this?

When the author hints to what might happen later in the story...