Literary Terms Review

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Literary Terms ReviewWho’s

Involved?What

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Who's involved?– 10 points

The main character of a story.

Who is the Protagonist?


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A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a

literary work.

What is a Character?


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Who's involved?– 50 pointsThe source of conflict

for the main character.

Who is the Antagonist?


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Who's involved?– 75 points

The reader is a character in the story when told from this

point of view.

What is Second Person (point of view)?


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thoughts and feelings of all the characters; there are multiple perspectives.

What is Third Person Omniscient (point of view)?


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What happened? – 10 points

This is the sequence of events in a story.

What is Plot?


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What happened?– 25 points

A less important sequence (or series) of events within the

main plot.

What is Subplot?


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This part of a plot introduces the characters and setting.

What is the Exposition?


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This is the use of clues to suggest events that have yet

to occur.

What is Foreshadowing?


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This device interrupts the sequence of events to relate to an earlier

time or event.

What is Flashback?


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Just styling– 10 pointsA writer’s typical way of

writing.

What is Style?


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Just styling – 25 points

Refers to the atmosphere or feeling created in the

reader by the literary work.

What is Mood?


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The form of a language spoken by people in a

particular region or group.

What is Dialect?


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Just styling– 75 points

The writer’s attitude toward the readers, characters, and

the subject.

What is Tone?


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Just styling– 100 points

The voice through which an author tells a story.

What is Persona?


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Figuratively speaking – 10 points

This is anything that stands for or represents something

abstract.What is Symbol?


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Figuratively speaking– 25 points

This is a comparison of two things using like or as.

What is Simile?


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This literary technique involves surprising,

interesting, or amusing contradictions.

What is Irony?


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“…the undying winds sank some objects” is an example of this figurative language technique, which gives human qualities or actions to non-human things.

What is Personification?


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The phrase “raining cats and dogs” is an example of this type of

figurative language.

Figuratively speaking – 100 points

What is an IDIOM?


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A struggle between two opposing forces.

What is Conflict?


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Harry Potter battling Voldemort is an

example of which type of conflict?

What is Character vs. Character?


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This type of conflict involves outside forces

such as other characters, nature, community, fate.

What is External Conflict?


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This causes a plot to become tense or

entangled as a result of the conflict.

What is Complication?


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An example of this type conflict is the protagonist struggling to make an important decision.

What is Internal Conflict AND Character vs. Him/Herself?

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Once Upon a Time – 10 points

This is the central idea, concern, or purpose of

a story.

What is Theme?


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The time and place in which a story takes

place.

What is the Setting?


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What is Dialogue?


A conversation between characters in a story is called this.


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What is the Climax?


The highest point of interest and/or

suspense in a story.


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What is Genre?


A division or type of literature, such as

novel or short story.


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CATEGORY: “Literally Speaking”

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Literally Speaking

An idea or feeling a word invokes in addition to its literal

meaning.

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