Literary Terms

The _________ is what the story is mostly about.

Where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed is the...

• plot

• exposition

• resolution

• setting

The main part of the story where the complications arise is the...

• suspense

• rising action

• plot

• climax

A common saying with a meaning that is completely different from its dictionary meaning.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Slang

A direct comparison of two things

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

The time and place of a story is...

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• setting

A comparison of two things using the words "as" or "like."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Words that start with the same beginning consonant sound is called...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Giving human qualities to an inanimate object is called...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

The most exciting or intense part of the story; the turning point of the story is called...

• plot

• theme

• climax

• resolution