Literary Terms Bingo

1. Literary Terms Bingo A game to see how much you already know

2. Short Story • A brief work of fiction

3. Conflict • A struggle between two forces

4. Exposition • The introduction of the characters, setting, and basic situation of a story

5. Theme • The central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work

6. Point of View The perspective or vantage point, from which a story is told

7. Indirect characterization • When a writer reveals a character’s personalities through the character’s own words, thoughts, and actions and by what other characters say to or about them

8. Man vs. Man • A type of conflict that puts the main character struggling against another character

9. Rising action • The part of a literary work in which the conflict increases

10. character • A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

11. Protagonist • The main character in a literary work

12. Man vs. Nature • A type of conflict that forces the main character to struggle with a natural force

13. Climax • The highest point of action, interest, and emotion in a literary work

14. Third-person limited Point of view • The narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character and everything is viewed from this character’s point of view

15. Setting • Where and when the action of a story takes place

16. Internal Conflict • Conflict that takes place within a character’s mind

17. Man vs. Society • A type of conflict that shows the main character struggling to meet the demands and customs of a whole group

18. Flat Character • A one-sided and often stereotypical character whose actions are easily predictable

19. First-Person Point of View • A point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself or herself in the pronoun “I” in the storytelling

20. Antagonist • A character in conflict with the main character

21. Characterization • The act of creating and developing a character

22. Falling Action • Events in a story occurring after the climax; it also marks the end if the central conflict

23. Resolution • Events that take place during the falling action that help wrap up the story

24. External Conflict • A conflict in which a character struggles with some outside force, such as another person, nature or society

25. Plot • The sequence of events within a literary work

26. Dialogue • Words spoken between characters “You’ll never believe who I saw at the mall today!” “Ashley Tisdale!” “Who?”

27. Dynamic Character • A character who changes or grows the course of a literary work

28. Narrator • A speaker or character who tells a story

29. Round character • A full-developed character who exhibits many traits

30. Third-person Point of view • The narrator uses the pronouns such as “we” and “us” to refer to the main characters

31. Direct characterization • When a writer tells us about a character’s traits directly

32. Man vs. Self • A struggle that takes place within a character’s own mind

33. Third Person Omniscient • The narrator is able to talk about what all characters can think and feel

34. Static Character • A character in a literary work who does not change throughout the story

35. Allusion • is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. “ I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me of us…

36. Atmosphere • The mood the reader gets from the setting, the characterization and the tone of the narrator.

37. Mood • The emotional feeling the reader gets from the setting and character description; the atmosphere..

38. Flashback • a narrative technique that allows a writer to present past events during current events, in order to provide background for the current narration. provides the reader with insight into a character's motivation and or background to a conflict.