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literary terms
Question | Answer |
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allusion | reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. |
antagonist | character in conflict with the main character |
climax | high point of interest in the story |
conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
exposition | explains who the story is about and when it takes place. |
external conflict | character struggles against an outside force. |
internal conflict | character struggles inside their own head. |
falling action | follows the climax. The action starts to go down. |
flashback | going back to an earlier time |
flat character | a character that is not well developed. We know very little about them. |
foreshadowing | a hint or sign of something that's going to happen. |
genre | category of the piece of work |
hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
imagery | appealing to the senses. |
irony | the opposite of what is expected happens |
metaphor | comparison of two unlike things |
mood | the feeling of the story |
onomatopoeia | sound word |
personification | giving non-human objects, human-like characteristics |
plot | the sequence of events of a story |
point of view | vantage point or perspective from which a story is told |
protagonist | main character in a story |
resolution | the problem (conflict) of the story is resolved |
rising action | the events that lead to the climax |
round character | a fully developed character |
setting | where and when a story takes place |
simile | comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
symbol | something that represents something else |
theme | the message of the story |
tone | the way a story is told. It could be harsh, kind, dramatic, etc. |
allusion | reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. |
antagonist | character in conflict with the main character |
climax | high point of interest in the story |
conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
exposition | explains who the story is about and when it takes place. |
external conflict | character struggles against an outside force. |
internal conflict | character struggles inside their own head. |
falling action | follows the climax. The action starts to go down. |
flashback | going back to an earlier time |
flat character | a character that is not well developed. We know very little about them. |
foreshadowing | a hint or sign of something that's going to happen. |
genre | category of the piece of work |
hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
imagery | appealing to the senses. |
irony | the opposite of what is expected happens |
metaphor | comparison of two unlike things |
mood | the feeling of the story |
onomatopoeia | sound word |
personification | giving non-human objects, human-like characteristics |
plot | the sequence of events of a story |
point of view | vantage point or perspective from which a story is told |
protagonist | main character in a story |
resolution | the problem (conflict) of the story is resolved |
rising action | the events that lead to the climax |
round character | a fully developed character |
setting | where and when a story takes place |
simile | comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
symbol | something that represents something else |
theme | the message of the story |
tone | the way a story is told. It could be harsh, kind, dramatic, etc. |