Literature which contains works of imaginative narration. Fiction or Nonfiction
Fiction
The time and place in which a story takes place.
Setting
The problem within the story.
Conflict
Teaches the reader a lesson from the story.
Theme
The feeling that a narrative evokes in the reader.
Mood
Label each example with the correct figurative language. I have tons of money saved up in the bank.
Hyperbole
What type of conflict would represent a tornado tearing down a house?
Man vs Nature
The narrator tells you what a single chracter is thinking or feeling. They use the pronouns he, she, and they.
Third Person Limited
What literary device is used here? When John stepped onto the field a year later, he could still see his teammate run across the plate to win the championship game.
Flashback
The class of text comprising works based upon facts and reality. Fiction or Nonfiction
Nonfiction
What type of conflict would represent a person running a stop sign?
Man vs Society
What type of conflict would represent a fear of heights?
Man vs Self
Label each example with the correct figurative language. The test was a breeze.
Metaphor
This point of view is rarely used. The narrator uses "you" like in a recipe
Second Person
A character that stays the same throughout the story.
Static Character
What type of conflict would represent a fight between two people?
Man vs Man
Label each example with the correct figurative language. If you think you can win, you can win.
Repetition
The author reveals a character's attributes by telling the reader outright.
Direct Characterization
The ____ _____ _____ is the perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
Foreshadowing is one literary technique that authors use to build ____________.
Suspense
Label each example with the correct figurative language. My boyfriend is in the doghouse.
Idiom
The way the author presents the character to the audience: dialogue, thoughts, actions, reactions from others & physical description
Characterization
A character that changes throughout the story.
Dynamic Character
Label each example with the correct figurative language. Busy as a bee.
Simile
Label each example with the correct figurative language. Tim took tons of tools to make toys.
Alliteration
The narrator knows everything about every character. They use the pronouns he, she, and they.
Third Person Omniscient
What literary device is used here? The bright sun warmed the soft, green grass as the clouds drifted through the baby blue sky.
Imagery
Label each example with the correct figurative language. The table danced across the room during the earthquake.
Personification
______ ______ happens when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
Dramatic Irony
What is the author's purpose when writing? Hint (PIE)
persuade, inform, entertain
This point of view is when the narrator is a character in the story. They use pronouns I, me, my, we, etc.
First Person
What literary device is used here? John felt a cold chill run down his neck as he entered the dark alley alone.
Foreshadowing
Label each example with the correct figurative language. I'm glad I know sign language; it's pretty handy.
Pun
Label each example with the correct figurative language. The car whooshed past me in a blur.
Onomatopoeia
_______ _______ happens when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate.
Situaltional Irony
The narrator tells a story without describing any chracters's thoughts, opinions, or feelings.
Third Person Objective
The events that make up a story.
Plot
What poetic device is used here? If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Rhyme
A conclusion or judgement based on prior knowledge and what's going on in the text. An educated guess.
Inference
______ ______ happens when someone says something other than what they mean.
Verbal Irony
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