Literary Terms

Front

What is a series of sentences relating to and developing one main idea?

Back

Paragraph

Front

What do we call a person, creature, or animal that plays a role in a story?

Back

Character

Front

What is an object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else?

Back

Symbol

Front

What is the vantage point from which a story is told?

Back

Point of View

Front

What is the sequence of events in a story called?

Back

Plot

Front

What term describes the main idea or underlying message of a literary work?

Back

Theme

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What do we call a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

Back

Personification

Front

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

Back

Conflict

Front

What is the part of a story where the conflict is introduced?

Back

Exposition