Literary Terms and Definitions

The main character or the hero in a story is called the _________.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• motivator

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The person or force that works against the main character or hero of the story is the ____________.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• traitor

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When the struggle happens within a character, this is known as _____________.

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• complications

• inside drama

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

____________ is a conversation between two or more characters.

• Dialogue

• Dialect

• Conflict

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

____________ is the comparison of unrelated things using “like” or “as”.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

When something that is not human is given human-like qualities, this is known as _________.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• reality

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

It is a scene that interrupts the present action to describe an earlier or previous (past) event.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• memory

• reminder

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The antagonist of a story is:

• the main character of the story

• the "good guy"

• the character/thing that creates a conflict (problem) for the main character

• the hero of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A scene that breaks the normal time order of a story to show a past or earlier event.

• conflict

• character

• flashback

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character that changes a lot in a story is considered ___________.

• static

• dynamic

• multi-talented

• first person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D