Literary Terms

What's the definition of tone?

• The attitude the author takes with a piece of writing. (Writing centered)

• The emotions the reader feels when reading a piece of writing. (Reading centered)

• The series of events that make up a story.

• What the character is like on the side.

What is the definition of mood?

• The attitude the author takes with a piece of writing. (Writing-centered)

• The emotions the reader feels when reading a piece of writing. (Reading- centered)

• The series of events that make up a story.

• What the character is like on the inside.

What is the definition of plot?

• Describes characters through their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• When the author comes right out and tells the reader what to think of the characters.

• The emotions the reader feels when reading a piece of writing.

• The series of events that make up a story.

What is the definition of character traits?

• What the character is like on the inside.

• The emotions the reader feels when reading.

• When the author tells the reader what to think of the character.

• The series of events that make up a story.

What is the definition of direct charaterization?

• Describes characters through their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• The emotions the reader feels when reading a piece of writing.

• The series of events that make up a story.

• When the author tells the reader what to think about the character.

What is the definition of Indirect Characterization?

• The series of events that make up a story.

• Describes a character through their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• The emotions a reader feels when reading a piece of writing.

• When the author comes right out and tells you how to feel about the characters.

What is the definition of theme?

• The time and place of the story.

• The series of events that make up a story.

• The moral or lesson of the story. What the characters and readers learn about life from reading.

• The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

What's the definition of setting?

• The time and place of the story.

• The series of events that make up a story.

• The moral or lesson of a story.

• The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

What is point of view?

• The time and place of a story.

• The moral of lesson of the story.

• The series of events in a story.

• The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

What's first person point of view?

• The narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator speaking directly about himself or herself.

• The outside narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

• The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.