Literary Terms Review

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Literary TermsReview
This review game is played just like jeopardy.
You will be given the answer, and you will have
to state your response in the form of a question.
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A person who tells a story or gives an account of
what happened
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Who is the narrator?
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Story leads the reader to expect one thing, but
the opposite happens.
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What is irony?
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The problem of the story
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What is the conflict?
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A brief story about an interesting or amusing
event
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What is an anecdote?
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Clues or hints that suggest events that will
occur later in the plot
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What is Foreshadowing?
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Nonfiction written to convey information.
Ex. Brochures, directions, manuals, news
reports, etc.
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What is informational text?
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Vantage point of the story how the story is told
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What is point of view?
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The story of a persons entire life written by
himself or herself
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What is an autobiography?
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The story of a persons life written by someone
other than the subject
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What is a biography?
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Language that appeals to the senses sight,
taste, sound, touch, and smell
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What are sensory words or imagery?
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After the climax how the story ends
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What is the resolution?
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A guess based on clues from the text
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What is an inference?
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Keeps the audience/readers on the edge of
their seats.
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What is a suspense?
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The character who works AGAINST the main
character. (the bad guy)
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Who is the antagonist?
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The main character in a story
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Who is the protagonist?
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The moral of the story
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What is theme?
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The reason an author writes a passage Ex to
entertain, persuade, or inform
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What is authors purpose?
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The events that lead to the climax
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What is rising action?
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The exciting part - a turning point in a  story
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What is the climax?
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The methods an author uses to reveal characters
and their personalities
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• What is
• Speech
• Appearance
• Thoughts and Actions
• How others react

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A comparison between 2 things using like or
as Ex The baby was as cute as a button.
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What is a simile?
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A direct comparison between 2 unlike things
without using like or as. Ex Time was a
thief.
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What is a metaphor?
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Giving human characteristics to an animal,
object, or idea Ex The sea called out to me.
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What is personification?
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An exaggerated statement used to heighten
effect Ex I must have told you a million times.

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What is a hyperbole?
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Sound Words Ex splat, bang, ding-dong
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What is an onomatopoeia?
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The End!