Reading Terms

What is a hyperbole?

• an extreme exaggeration

• when you get a lot of energy

• comparing two things

• what happens after you eat too much candy

Which is this an example of?

I have been waiting forever.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

A_____ is a division or type of literature. Literature is commonly divided into 3 major ______. (poetry,prose,drama)

• genre

• character

• round character

• flat character

a _________ is a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work. The main, or major, _________ is the most important person in a story, poem, or play. A minor _________ is one who takes part in the action nut is not the focus of the action

• genre

• character

• plot

• setting

a ____ _________ is one-sided and often stereotypical

• character

• flat character

• round character

• setting

a _____ _________, on the other hand, is fully developed and exhibits many traits- often both faults and virtues

• setting

• character

• round character

• plot

a _______ _________ is one who grows during the course of work. ( A _______ _________ has a change of heart.)

• dynamic character

• static character

• plot

• setting

A ______ _________ is one who does not change.

• character

• conflict

• static character

• plot

________________ is the act of creating and developing a character. Author's use 2 major methods of _______________ - direct and indirect.

• external conflict

• characterization

• plot

• setting

When using ______ ________________, a writer states the character's traits, or charcters

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• plot

• setting