Literary Terms (Intermediate)

Name the term used to describe the challenge(s) a character must solve to achieve their goal(s).

• Motif

• Conflict

• Personification

• Plot

Name the term used to describe the order or sequence in which the author arranges events in a story.

• Plot

• Literary Term

• Setting

• Text Feature

Name the term used to describe visual and organizational aid that enhances a text (e.g. images, italics).

• Text Feature

• Diction

• Literary Term

• Motif

Name the term used to describe the narrator’s perspective from which the events are depicted.

• Character

• Plot

• Point of View

• Diction

Name the term used to describe tools for describing techniques, styles, and formatting used by writers.

• Text Feature

• Motif

• Diction

• Literary Term

Name the term used to describe a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison is used.

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Motif

Name the term used to describe a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.

• Personification

• Symbol

• Motif

• Character

Name the term used to describe qualities or attributes that make up a character’s overall personality.

• Diction

• Character Trait

• Setting

• Mood

Name the term used to describe the time and place in which a story unfolds.

• Plot

• Setting

• Text Feature

• Mood

Name the term used to describe the comparison of two unlike things with no words of comparison used.

• Personification

• Simile

• Diction

• Metaphor