Title: Name That Literary Term
1Tone
Themes
Plot
Name That Literary Term
Irony
Mood
Style
Allusion
Conflicts
2What literary term describes a brief reference to
a person, event, place, or work of art?
Irony
Allusion
3Sorry you are incorrect!! Irony is used to
describe a contrast between what appears to be
and what really is.
4You are correct!!! Is your name Shakespeare?
5What is the literary term that describes an
underlying meaning of a literary work? The
underlying meaning may be directly stated but
more often implied.
Plot
Themes
6Sorry you are incorrect!! Plot is a series of
happenings in the literary work.
7You are correct!! Are you Virginia Woolf?
8What is the literary term that is used to
describe a contrast between what appears to be
and what really is?
Irony
Mood
9Sorry you are incorrect!! Mood is the overall
atmosphere or prevailing emotional aura of a work.
10You are correct!! Do they call you Lord Byron ?
11What is the Literary Term that is used to
describe the authors attitude, either stated or
implied, toward his or her subject matter and
toward the audience?
Tone
Style
12Sorry you are incorrect!! Style is the
distinctive handling of language by an author.
It involves specific choices made with regard to
diction, syntax, and figurative language.
13You are correct!! Is your nickname Maya Angelou
14What is the literary term that describes the
struggle between two opposing forces?
Conflicts
Allusion
15Sorry you are incorrect!! Allusion is a brief
reference to a person, event, place, or work of
art.
16You are correct!! Are you related to Mark Twain?
17Work Cited
Kennedy, C. (1991) Pfordresher, J., Veidemanis,
G.V., McDonnell, H. (Eds.) England in Literature.
Glenview, ILScott Foresman and Company
18TEKS
110.51 Literary Genres (b) Knowledge and
skills (2) The student analyzes fictional and
poetic elements focusing on how they combine
to contribute meaning. (A) compare and
contrast varying aspects of texts such as
themes, conflicts, and allusions (F)
describe the development of plot and how
conflicts are resolved. (H) describe how
irony, tone, mood, style, and sound of
language contribute to the effect of the text