Literary Terms

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What is a character in a story?

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A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.

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What is a dialogue in a story?

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Spoken lines by characters in a story.

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What is an antagonist?

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The opponent of the main character.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that mimics the sound of the thing it describes.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What is a protagonist?

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The main character in a story, often a hero or heroine.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The central idea or message conveyed in a story.

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What is a setting in a story?

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The time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events that make up a story.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.