10th Grade Literary Terms

What is it called when conflict involves other characters, society, or nature.

What is it called when symbols are used in a play?

The main idea in a work of literature

What is the emotional response created by a word?

What is it called when a character struggles against a force of nature (ex: snowstorm, tornado)

What is the contrast between appearance and what actually happens?

Who are the people or animals who participate in the action of a literary work?

What are the actions and events that take place in a dramatic or narrative work called?

What is the central character (or main character) called?

What is it when the reader/viewer is aware of information which the character is NOT aware of?

What is the technique used by the author to develop their characters?

What is it when conflict takes place inside a character's mind and/or being?

What is it when people SAY one thing but mean another?

What is the literal or dictionary definition of a word?

What is it when a character/reader expects one thing to happen but something different happens?

What is the person who wrote the story, novel, poem, play, or essay called?

What is the struggle between opposing forces that is the basis for the plot in literature?

What is the time and place of the action of the story?

What is the character or force against the protagonist?

What is the name of a story, novel, poem, play, essay, etc?

What is it when one character struggles against society (ex: prejudice).

What is a person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself?

What is it called when a character struggles against God or a higher power?

What is it called when two characters struggle against each other?