Literary Terms Y9

Which of the following means the time and the place in which the events of the story happen?

• Setting 
• Dialogue
• Plot
• Characterisation

Which best describes the plot?

• The people in the story
• The end of the story
• The events that happen in the story
• A type of conflict

What point of view is this in: "Perseus did all he could to guard his mother against the King’s unwanted attentions."

• First Person
• Third Person
• Second Person

What is a narrative?

• A story
• Poetry
• A biography
• A research project

Setting can include:

• Weather

• Character

• Speech

• Landscape

Imagery

• Uses sensory language to describe

• Copying and pasting pictures into stories

• Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• The rate at which a story moves

Makes the reader smell, taste, feel, see, hear, and imagine what the writer is describing

• Symbolism

• Diction

• Pacing

• Imagery

Diction

• Choice of words

• Tone of words

• Number of words

• Length of words

Dialogue

• Conversation between characters

• Word choice

• Speed at which story moves

Is this a simile or a metaphor?

He was my rock, so strong and supportive.

• Simile

• Metaphor