| __ | 1. | biography | | A. | a form of non-fiction, telling about another person's life. |
| __ | 2. | character | | B. | a quality that describes what a character is like. |
| __ | 3. | character trait | | C. | the people and/or animals we get to know in a story. |
| __ | 4. | climax | | D. | a struggle between the main character and an outside force. |
| __ | 5. | conflict | | E. | writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. |
| __ | 6. | fiction | | F. | the turning point of a story |
| __ | 7. | flashback | | G. | events that are out of sequence, that happened in the past. |
| __ | 8. | foreshadowing | | H. | where the opposite of the expected is what happens. |
| __ | 9. | inference | | I. | hints and clues about what will come in the future |
| __ | 10. | irony | | J. | a conclusion drawn, based on clues and background knowledge |
| __ | 11. | mood | | A. | the atmosphere or feeling the author creates |
| __ | 12. | moral | | B. | a lesson taught by a literary work. |
| __ | 13. | motivation | | C. | a speaker or character that is telling the story |
| __ | 14. | narrative | | D. | a reason that explains a characters words or actions |
| __ | 15. | narrator | | E. | writing or speech that tells a story |
| __ | 16. | plot | | F. | the sequence of events in a story |
| __ | 17. | point of view | | G. | the perspective from which the story is told |
| __ | 18. | resolution | | H. | a central message, idea, that is expressed in a story |
| __ | 19. | setting | | I. | the events that occur to resolve the conflict |
| __ | 20. | theme | | J. | the time, location, and mood of the story |
| __ | 21. | alliteration | | A. | use of extreme exaggeration |
| __ | 22. | hyperbole | | B. | repetition of similar sounds in the beginning of words |
| __ | 23. | idiom | | C. | a word phrase that means something different than it says. |
| __ | 24. | imagery | | D. | words used to appeal to one's senses. |
| __ | 25. | metaphor | | E. | the comparison of two things, without using "like" or "as" |
| __ | 26. | personification | | F. | non-human objects are given human qualities and traits |
| __ | 27. | simile | | G. | the attitude of an author toward the subject written about. |
| __ | 28. | stanza | | H. | a group of lines in a poem |
| __ | 29. | symbol/symbolism | | I. | comparison of two things, using the words "like" or "as". |
| __ | 30. | tone | | J. | anything that stands for or represents something else |