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Battle of the Brains! Craven vs. Willis Literary Terms Quiz Bowl

Battle of the Brains! Craven vs. Willis Literary Terms Quiz Bowl. A game to see how much you already know Players will switch out every 5 qusetions. Rules. Players must wait until the question has been fully read until they “buzz” in to answer.

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Battle of the Brains! Craven vs. Willis Literary Terms Quiz Bowl

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  1. Battle of the Brains!Craven vs. WillisLiterary Terms Quiz Bowl A game to see how much you already know Players will switch out every 5 qusetions

  2. Rules • Players must wait until the question has been fully read until they “buzz” in to answer. • Players will have 15 seconds to buzz in after a question has been read. • Once a player has buzzed in, he or she will have 5 seconds to respond. • If a player gives a wrong answer or time runs out after he or she has buzzed in, then the other team gets an opportunity to buzz in to respond.

  3. Short Story • A brief work of fiction

  4. Conflict • A struggle between two forces

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

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

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

  8. 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

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

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

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

  12. Protagonist • The main character in a literary work

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

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

  15. 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

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

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

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

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

  20. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  31. Third-person Point of view • The narrator talks about the characters in the story—refers to them by name or order pronouns like she, he, and them…

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

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

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

  35. Tone • The author sets the mood for readers through this—it is created by his or her word choice/diction

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

  37. 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…

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

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

  40. 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.

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