Literary Terms - Skyndipróf
| __ | 1. | biography | | A. | a quality that describes what a character is like. | | __ | 2. | character | | B. | the people and/or animals we get to know in a story. | | __ | 3. | character trait | | C. | a form of non-fiction, telling about another person's life. | | __ | 4. | climax | | D. | the turning point of a story | | __ | 5. | conflict | | E. | a struggle between the main character and an outside force. | | __ | 6. | fiction | | F. | writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. | | __ | 7. | flashback | | G. | events that are out of sequence, that happened in the past. | | __ | 8. | foreshadowing | | H. | hints and clues about what will come in the future | | __ | 9. | inference | | I. | a conclusion drawn, based on clues and background knowledge | | __ | 10. | irony | | J. | where the opposite of the expected is what happens. |
| __ | 11. | mood | | A. | a lesson taught by a literary work. | | __ | 12. | moral | | B. | the atmosphere or feeling the author creates | | __ | 13. | motivation | | C. | writing or speech that tells a story | | __ | 14. | narrative | | D. | a reason that explains a characters words or actions | | __ | 15. | narrator | | E. | the sequence of events in a story | | __ | 16. | plot | | F. | a speaker or character that is telling the story | | __ | 17. | point of view | | G. | the perspective from which the story is told | | __ | 18. | resolution | | H. | the events that occur to resolve the conflict | | __ | 19. | setting | | I. | the time, location, and mood of the story | | __ | 20. | theme | | J. | a central message, idea, that is expressed in a story |
| __ | 21. | alliteration | | A. | a word phrase that means something different than it says. | | __ | 22. | hyperbole | | B. | repetition of similar sounds in the beginning of words | | __ | 23. | idiom | | C. | use of extreme exaggeration | | __ | 24. | imagery | | D. | words used to appeal to one's senses. | | __ | 25. | metaphor | | E. | the comparison of two things, without using "like" or "as" | | __ | 26. | personification | | F. | non-human objects are given human qualities and traits | | __ | 27. | simile | | G. | comparison of two things, using the words "like" or "as". | | __ | 28. | stanza | | H. | a group of lines in a poem | | __ | 29. | symbol/symbolism | | I. | anything that stands for or represents something else | | __ | 30. | tone | | J. | the attitude of an author toward the subject written about. |
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