Literary Terms

the perspective from which a story is told

• narrator

• point of view

• first person

• third person

The speaker in a story is the _____.

• Protagonist

• Resolution

• Narrator

• Antagonist

a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.

• theme

• tone

• simile

• novella

This type of narrator is a character in the story. Using the pronoun, "I," the narrator reveals his or her own thoughts. This type of narrator may be unreliable.

• First person narrator

• Second person narrator

• Third person limited narrator

• Omniscient narrator

What is the term for words that imitate the sound they represent?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person

• essay

• biography

• memoir

• autobiography

Select the literary techniques that could be used to analyse this expression:

"I foamed! - I raved! - I swore!"

• irony

• repetition

• punctuation

• personification

The anti-hero in a literary text is ...

• The character who goes against the hero, or the villain.

• The character who possesses contrasting qualities with the main character.

• The main character who lacks the conventional heroic qualities.

What is a round character?

• The main character

• The character that everyone likes

• The convincing character that is life-like

What is juxtaposition?

• Confusing presentation of contrasting images/ ideas

• Justified presentation of contrasting images/ ideas

• Simultaneous presentation of contrasting images/ ideas