Honaker Literary Terms1 Literary Terms Jeopardy ACE-FM-O P-S Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from A A major character who opposes the main character in a story or play. Example: The “bad guy” that we are against!

$100 Answer from A Antagonist

$200 Question from A The repetition of first consonants in a group of words. Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

$200 Answer from A Alliteration

$300 Question from A A reference to something or someone, often literary. Example: “May the force be with you.”

$300 Answer from A Allusion

$400 Question from A The overall feeling of a work, related to tone and mood. Example: In Science class you might be talking about layers of gases in the earth’s _____________.

$400 Answer from A Atmosphere

$500 Question from A A specific kind of symbol or motif that recurs in literature and art in the form of an image, character type, or plot. This word means original model form which a pattern is created. Example: The Journey: The main character takes a journey that may be physical or emotional to understand his or her personality and the nature of the world. For example, Odysseus in The Odyssey.

$500 Answer from A Archetype

$100 Question from C The means by which an author describes the appearance and personality of a person in a story or play. Example: The way an author describes the main ___________ is __________.

$100 Answer from C Characterization

$200 Question from C The point at which the action in a story or play reaches its emotional peak. Example: The most exciting part of the story.

$200 Answer from C Climax

$300 Question from C To explain how things are alike. Example: In Algebra, you can’t _________ apples to oranges or x’s to y’s.

$300 Answer from C Compare

$400 Question from C The elements that create a plot. This can be internal or external. Example: This can be a battle or a ________ inside a person or a __________ of man against nature.

$400 Answer from C Conflict

$500 Question from C To explain how things are different Example: The opposite of compare.

$500 Answer from C Contrast

$100 Question from E-F The point of view of a piece of writing in which the narrator refers to himself as “I.” Example: Not the third but the _______.

$100 Answer from E-F First Person Point of View

$200 Question from E-F A long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure. Example: The Odyssey

$200 Answer from E-F Epic

$300 Question from E-F Example: Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker. A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities or differences of the other character.

$300 Answer from E-F Foil

$400 Question from E-F A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story. Example: What usually happens after you hear the music in JAWS!

$400 Answer from E-F Foreshadowing

$500 Question from E-F Language that does not mean exactly what it says. Example: I am so mad steam is coming out of my ears!!! If it can’t happen then it usually is a __________ of speech.

$500 Answer from E-F Figurative Language

$100 Question from M-O The use of words that sound like what the mean. Example: Ping, Ring, Buzz,

$100 Answer from M-O Onomatopoeia

$200 Question from M-O A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.” Example: He’s a rock or I am an island.

$200 Answer from M-O Metaphor

$300 Question from M-O A long speech by one character in a play or story (that everyone is supposed to hear). Example: Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and David Letterman do this on the Late Shows.

$300 Answer from M-O Monologue

$400 Question from M-O A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena. Example: The Greek Gods: Zeus, Aphrodite, Athena, Hercules…

$400 Answer from M-O Myth

$500 Question from M-O A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words. Example: Cruel kindness or dumb smarts

$500 Answer from M-O Oxymoron

$100 Question from P-S Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. Example: “The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner.”

$100 Answer from P-S Personification

$200 Question from P-S The main character of a novel, play, or story. Example: The “good guy” or think about another meaning of “for.”

$200 Answer from P-S Protagonist

$300 Question from P-S The action of the story that summarizes the plan of the main story. Example: The basic ideas of a story in the order that they happened.

$300 Answer from P-S Plot

$400 Question from P-S A comparison that uses “like” or “as.” Example: “I’m as hungry as a wolf.” “Her eyes are like the stars in the sky.”

$400 Answer from P-S Simile

$500 Question from P-S A question not meant to be answered. Example: “Why can’t you all just get along?”

$500 Answer from P-S Rhetorical Question

Final Jeopardy The intentional, extravagant exaggeration, usually for dramatic or comic effect.

Final Jeopardy Answer Hyperbole