Literary Terms - The Short Story And Novel

Front 1

Fiction

Back 1

Prose that describes imaginary events and people

Hint 1

Harry Potter

Front 2

Nonfiction

Back 2

Prose based on facts, real events, and people

Hint 2

History

Front 3

Narrative

Back 3

Written account of connected events

Front 4

Expository

Back 4

Intended to explain it describe something

Front 5

Antagonist

Back 5

Person who opposes to someone or something

Front 6

Protagonist

Back 6

Leading character in text; can be advocate or champion

Front 7

Internal Conflict

Back 7

Man vs. self; psychological struggle in characters mind

Front 8

External Conflict

Back 8

Struggle between a character and an outside force of any kind

Front 9

Plot

Back 9

Describes the events that make up a story

Front 10

Theme

Back 10

The subject of a piece of writing

Front 11

Initial incident

Back 11

Event or decision that begins the story's problem

Front 12

Denouement

Back 12

Resolution of the issue of a complicated plot

Front 13

Resolution

Back 13

Solution to the conflict

Front 14

Climax

Back 14

Turning point of a work; highest tension

Front 15

Characterization

Back 15

Creation of a fictional character

Front 16

Exposition

Back 16

Comprehensive description and explanation of an idea/theory

Front 17

Dynamic character

Back 17

Undergoes an important inner change in personality or attitude

Front 18

Flat character

Back 18

Relatively uncomplicated and doesn't change throughout story

Front 19

Static character

Back 19

Undergoes little or no inner change

Front 20

Round character

Back 20

Complex and undergoes development to surprise the reader

Front 21

Stereotype

Back 21

Character with generalized traits to represent group of people or individuals

Front 22

Point of View

Back 22

Angle of considering things to show us the opinions/feelings of individuals

Front 23

Narrator

Back 23

Person who tells the story

Front 24

1st Person Narrator

Back 24

Narrated by one character at a time; usually speaking of themselves and their experiences

Front 25

Limited Omniscient Narrator

Back 25

Focusing a third narration through the eyes of a single character

Front 26

Omniscient Narrator

Back 26

Appears to speak with the voice of the author; all knowing perspective

Front 27

Naive Narrator

Back 27

Ingenious character who reveals the faults and flaws of the world around him through their innocence

Front 28

Dialogue

Back 28

Writers employ 2 or more characters to be engaged in convo

Front 29

Dialect

Back 29

Language used by the people of a specific type/group of people

Front 30

Dialect

Back 30

Language used by the people of a specific type/group of people

Front 31

Archetype

Back 31

Typical example of a certain person or thing

Front 32

Caricature

Back 32

Description or limitation of a person or thing in which characteristics are exaggerated

Front 33

Bildungsroman

Back 33

Novel dealing with one person's formative years or education

Front 34

Bildungsroman

Back 34

Novel dealing with one person's formative years or education

Front 35

Chronologically

Back 35

In a way that follows the order in which events occurred

Front 36

Bildungsroman

Back 36

Novel dealing with one person's formative years or education

Front 37

Chronologically

Back 37

In a way that follows the order in which events occurred

Front 38

Denotative

Back 38

Translation of a a sign to its literal meaning

Front 39

Bildungsroman

Back 39

Novel dealing with one person's formative years or education

Front 40

Chronologically

Back 40

In a way that follows the order in which events occurred

Front 41

Denotative

Back 41

Translation of a a sign to its literal meaning

Front 42

Connotative

Back 42

Meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

Front 43

Diction

Back 43

Choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Front 44

Voice

Back 44

Form through which the narrator tells their stories

Front 45

Exposition

Back 45

Introduces background of events, settings, characters, etc. to the audience

Front 46

Falling action

Back 46

Part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax; conflict has been resolved

Front 47

Riding action

Back 47

Incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative

Front 48

Flashbacks

Back 48

Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background to the narrative

Front 49

Foreshadowing

Back 49

Writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

Front 50

Genre

Back 50

Category of literary composition; often with subgroupsn

Front 51

Dramatic irony

Back 51

Expression of the characters words and actions that the audience knows, but the characters don't

Front 52

Verbal irony

Back 52

Character says or writes one thing and means something different

Front 53

Situational irony

Back 53

Turning point appears between what is expected to happen vs. what does happen

Front 54

Setting

Back 54

Time and place in which the story takes place

Front 55

Epiphany

Back 55

Character has a sudden insight that changes their understanding

Front 56

Tone

Back 56

Attitude the writer has toward a subject or an audience

Front 57

Mood

Back 57

Evokes certain feelings in the readers through words and descriptions

Front 58

Verisimilitude

Back 58

Appearance of being true or real

Front 59

Vernacular

Back 59

Language or dialect spoken by ordinary people in a specific region of country