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Literary Terms

Enhance your understanding of literary terms by participating in a fun scavenger hunt. Identify and define essential terms, such as plot, protagonist, antagonist, setting, foreshadowing, irony, theme, moral, flashback, characterization, mood, tone, symbol, conflict, and point of view.

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms In order to be a successful reader, you must understand and be able to identify the different literary terms in a piece of literature.

  2. SCAVENGER HUNT! • When you walked into class today you received a card with a literary term on one side and its definition on the other. • You also have received a packet. • Today your task will be to “give one, get one” with each term. (Some of you may have two cards and that’s OK!) • Once you have ALL your terms and definitions, TAKE A SEAT! • We will review each term and its definition as a whole class

  3. Now that you have finished your scavenger hunt, we are going to make sure you have the correct definition for each term. • PLOT- The sequence of events in a story. • PROTAGONIST-The main character in a piece of literature

  4. ANTAGONIST- The character who opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist. • SETTING- The time and place where the story occurs. • FORESHADOWING-The dropping of hints or clues about upcoming events in the story. • IRONY- The opposite of what is expected to happen happens.

  5. THEME- The main message in a piece of literature. • MORAL: The lesson learned at the end of a story. • FLASHBACK- An action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time period. • CHARACTERIZATION-The personality a character displays. Examples are: character’s thoughts, feelings, appearance, actions and what others say about the character.

  6. MOOD- The FEELING a piece of writing creates in its readers. TONE-The author’s ATTITUDE toward his writing and the way in which he/she writes. SYMBOL- Any object, person or action, which signifies something else.

  7. Person vs. PERSON Person vs. SELF Person vs. NATURE Person vs. FATE Person vs. SOCIETY CONFLICT-The events in the plot that show a struggle between opposing forces:

  8. POINT OF VIEW- The view or narration from which the story is told. • 1st PERSON POINT OF VIEW- Thenarrator is telling the story as it happened to him/her. The word “I” is used to describe what happened to him/her.

  9. 3rd PERSON POINT OF VIEW- The author is describing the action that happened to someone else. (Uses he/she). OMNISCIENT- The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of one or all the characters.

  10. EXPOSITION: The beginning background information of the story.(Characters, setting, and conflict). EXPOSITION

  11. RISING ACTION- The events that revolve around the conflict (s) of the story. RISING ACTION

  12. CLIMAX- The point of intensity where usually the protagonist and antagonist finally meet/conflict(s) get resolved. (See “3 questions”). CLIMAX

  13. FALLING ACTION- The events that follow the climax. FALLING ACTION

  14. RESOLUTION/CONCLUSION: The outcome of the story. The ending. RESOLUTION

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