Literary Terms 1

What is the name for the people, animals, or things participating in a story?

• Characters
• Setting
• Plot elements
• Personnel

What do we call the main character of a story?

• Protagonist
• Good guy
• Antagonist
• Whatever we want to

What do we call the force in opposition to the main character in a story?

• Protagonist
• Bad guy
• Antagonist
• Whatever we want to

when the author goes back in time and describes an earlier event or scene is called...

• foreshadowing
• suspense
• flashback
• exposition

a method used by an author to develop the characters

• suspense
• point of view
• character development
• characterization

when the author gives clues about what will happen later in the story

• flashback
• in media res
• foreshadowing
• theme

Define allusion. 

• a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object from history in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds
• a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally 
• a comparison made using like or as that also utilizes personification 
• when the author appeals to the 5 senses of the reader to help the reader feel like we are experiencing what is happening in the reading.

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony 
• situational irony
• none of the above

What is verbal irony?

• When what is said is different than what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.