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literary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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