Title: Literary Terms Review
1Literary 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.
2A person who tells a story or gives an account of
what happened
3Who is the narrator?
4Story leads the reader to expect one thing, but
the opposite happens.
5What is irony?
6The problem of the story
7What is the conflict?
8A brief story about an interesting or amusing
event
9What is an anecdote?
10Clues or hints that suggest events that will
occur later in the plot
11What is Foreshadowing?
12Nonfiction written to convey information.
Ex. Brochures, directions, manuals, news
reports, etc.
13What is informational text?
14Vantage point of the story how the story is told
15What is point of view?
16The story of a persons entire life written by
himself or herself
17What is an autobiography?
18The story of a persons life written by someone
other than the subject
19What is a biography?
20Language that appeals to the senses sight,
taste, sound, touch, and smell
21What are sensory words or imagery?
22After the climax how the story ends
23What is the resolution?
24A guess based on clues from the text
25What is an inference?
26 Keeps the audience/readers on the edge of
their seats.
27What is a suspense?
28The character who works AGAINST the main
character. (the bad guy)
29Who is the antagonist?
30The main character in a story
31Who is the protagonist?
32The moral of the story
33What is theme?
34The reason an author writes a passage Ex to
entertain, persuade, or inform
35What is authors purpose?
36The events that lead to the climax
37What is rising action?
38The exciting part - a turning point in a story
39What is the climax?
40The methods an author uses to reveal characters
and their personalities
41- What is
- Speech
- Appearance
- Thoughts and Actions
- How others react
42A comparison between 2 things using like or
as Ex The baby was as cute as a button.
43What is a simile?
44A direct comparison between 2 unlike things
without using like or as. Ex Time was a
thief.
45What is a metaphor?
46Giving human characteristics to an animal,
object, or idea Ex The sea called out to me.
47What is personification?
48An exaggerated statement used to heighten
effect Ex I must have told you a million times.
49What is a hyperbole?
50Sound Words Ex splat, bang, ding-dong
51What is an onomatopoeia?
52The End!