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Literary Terms Review

Literary Terms Review. 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. A person who tells a story or gives an account of what happened. Who is the narrator?.

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Literary Terms Review

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  1. 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.

  2. A person who tells a story or gives an account of what happened

  3. Who is the narrator?

  4. Story leads the reader to expect one thing, but the opposite happens.

  5. What is irony?

  6. The problem of the story

  7. What is the conflict?

  8. A brief story about an interesting or amusing event

  9. What is an anecdote?

  10. Clues or hints that suggest events that will occur later in the plot

  11. What is Foreshadowing?

  12. Nonfiction written to convey information. Ex. Brochures, directions, manuals, news reports, etc.

  13. What is informational text?

  14. Vantage point of the story; how the story is told

  15. What is point of view?

  16. The story of a person’s entire life written by himself or herself

  17. What is an autobiography?

  18. The story of a person’s life written by someone other than the subject

  19. What is a biography?

  20. Language that appeals to the senses: sight, taste, sound, touch, and smell

  21. What are sensory words or imagery?

  22. After the climax; how the story ends

  23. What is the resolution?

  24. A guess based on clues from the text

  25. What is an inference?

  26. Keeps the audience/readers “on the edge of their seats”.

  27. What is a suspense?

  28. The character who works AGAINST the main character. (the “bad guy”)

  29. Who is the antagonist?

  30. The main character in a story

  31. Who is the protagonist?

  32. The moral of the story

  33. What is theme?

  34. The reason an author writes a passage Ex: to entertain, persuade, or inform

  35. What is author’s purpose?

  36. The events that lead to the climax

  37. What is rising action?

  38. The exciting part - a turning point in a  story

  39. What is the climax?

  40. The methods an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

  41. What is : • Speech • Appearance • Thoughts and Actions • How others react

  42. A comparison between 2 things using like or as Ex: The baby was as cute as a button.

  43. What is a simile?

  44. A direct comparison between 2 unlike things without using like or as. Ex: Time was a thief.

  45. What is a metaphor?

  46. Giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea Ex: The sea called out to me.

  47. What is personification?

  48. An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect Ex: I must have told you a million times.

  49. What is a hyperbole?

  50. Sound Words Ex: splat, bang, ding-dong

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