{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-literary-terms",
 "id": "la-literary-terms",
 "title": "Literary Terms",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Terms used to talk about stories, plays, poems and books.",
 "tags": [
  "literary terms",
  "literature"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Definition",
 "cards": [
  [
   "plot",
   "The series of events in a story"
  ],
  [
   "setting",
   "When and where a story takes place"
  ],
  [
   "character",
   "A person, animal or being in a story"
  ],
  [
   "protagonist",
   "The main character"
  ],
  [
   "antagonist",
   "The character or force that opposes the protagonist"
  ],
  [
   "conflict",
   "The struggle between opposing forces in a story"
  ],
  [
   "theme",
   "The central message or big idea of a work"
  ],
  [
   "narrator",
   "The voice that tells the story"
  ],
  [
   "point of view",
   "The perspective from which a story is told"
  ],
  [
   "first-person",
   "The narrator is in the story and uses I"
  ],
  [
   "third-person limited",
   "The narrator tells what one character thinks and feels"
  ],
  [
   "third-person omniscient",
   "The narrator knows what all characters think"
  ],
  [
   "second-person",
   "The narrator speaks to you"
  ],
  [
   "exposition",
   "The part of a story that introduces characters and setting"
  ],
  [
   "rising action",
   "The events that build tension toward the climax"
  ],
  [
   "climax",
   "The turning point or most exciting moment"
  ],
  [
   "falling action",
   "The events after the climax that lead to the end"
  ],
  [
   "resolution",
   "How the conflict is settled"
  ],
  [
   "dialogue",
   "The words spoken by characters"
  ],
  [
   "monologue",
   "A long speech by one character"
  ],
  [
   "soliloquy",
   "A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud, alone on stage"
  ],
  [
   "aside",
   "A remark made to the audience, unheard by others"
  ],
  [
   "stage directions",
   "Notes in a script about movement and sound"
  ],
  [
   "act",
   "A major division of a play"
  ],
  [
   "scene",
   "A smaller division of an act, in one place and time"
  ],
  [
   "tragedy",
   "A serious story that ends in disaster for the hero"
  ],
  [
   "comedy",
   "A story with a happy ending, usually funny"
  ],
  [
   "fable",
   "A short story with animals that teaches a lesson"
  ],
  [
   "fairy tale",
   "A story with magic and imaginary beings"
  ],
  [
   "folktale",
   "A story passed down by word of mouth"
  ],
  [
   "legend",
   "A story about heroes that may be partly true"
  ],
  [
   "myth",
   "A traditional story explaining nature or beliefs"
  ],
  [
   "fantasy",
   "A story with magical or impossible elements"
  ],
  [
   "science fiction",
   "A story based on imagined science and the future"
  ],
  [
   "historical fiction",
   "A made-up story set in a real past time"
  ],
  [
   "realistic fiction",
   "A made-up story that could really happen"
  ],
  [
   "nonfiction",
   "Writing about real people, events and facts"
  ],
  [
   "biography",
   "The story of a person's life written by someone else"
  ],
  [
   "autobiography",
   "A person's life story written by that person"
  ],
  [
   "memoir",
   "A personal account of remembered experiences"
  ],
  [
   "essay",
   "A short piece of nonfiction on one topic"
  ],
  [
   "novel",
   "A long fictional story"
  ],
  [
   "novella",
   "A fictional story shorter than a novel"
  ],
  [
   "short story",
   "A brief work of fiction"
  ],
  [
   "genre",
   "A category of literature"
  ],
  [
   "anecdote",
   "A short true story told to make a point"
  ],
  [
   "allegory",
   "A story where characters and events stand for deeper ideas"
  ],
  [
   "motif",
   "A repeated element that supports the theme"
  ],
  [
   "symbol",
   "A thing that stands for something else"
  ],
  [
   "foreshadowing",
   "Clues about what will happen later"
  ],
  [
   "flashback",
   "A scene set in an earlier time"
  ],
  [
   "suspense",
   "The feeling of wondering what will happen next"
  ],
  [
   "irony",
   "A difference between what is expected and what happens"
  ],
  [
   "satire",
   "A work that makes fun of human flaws"
  ],
  [
   "parody",
   "An imitation for comic effect"
  ],
  [
   "tone",
   "The author's attitude"
  ],
  [
   "mood",
   "The feeling created in the reader"
  ],
  [
   "voice",
   "The writer's unique style"
  ],
  [
   "diction",
   "The author's word choice"
  ],
  [
   "syntax",
   "The way words are arranged in sentences"
  ],
  [
   "characterization",
   "How an author reveals a character"
  ],
  [
   "direct characterization",
   "The author tells you what a character is like"
  ],
  [
   "indirect characterization",
   "The author shows traits through actions and words"
  ],
  [
   "static character",
   "A character who does not change"
  ],
  [
   "dynamic character",
   "A character who changes during the story"
  ],
  [
   "flat character",
   "A character with one or two traits"
  ],
  [
   "round character",
   "A character with many traits"
  ],
  [
   "foil",
   "A character who contrasts another to highlight traits"
  ],
  [
   "stereotype",
   "An oversimplified idea of a type of person"
  ],
  [
   "archetype",
   "A typical pattern that appears in many stories"
  ],
  [
   "epic",
   "A long poem about a hero's adventures"
  ],
  [
   "ode",
   "A poem praising something"
  ],
  [
   "elegy",
   "A poem mourning a loss"
  ],
  [
   "ballad",
   "A poem or song that tells a story"
  ],
  [
   "cliffhanger",
   "An ending that leaves the outcome uncertain"
  ],
  [
   "denouement",
   "The final part where loose ends are tied up"
  ],
  [
   "epigraph",
   "A short quote at the start of a work"
  ],
  [
   "prologue",
   "An introduction before the story"
  ],
  [
   "epilogue",
   "A closing section after the story"
  ],
  [
   "inference",
   "A conclusion based on clues and what you know"
  ],
  [
   "summary",
   "A short retelling of the main points"
  ],
  [
   "paraphrase",
   "Restating in your own words"
  ],
  [
   "bias",
   "A leaning toward one side"
  ],
  [
   "audience",
   "The people a work is meant for"
  ],
  [
   "purpose",
   "The author's reason for writing"
  ]
 ]
}