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Literary Terms Game

This document provides definitions and examples of various literary terms and short story elements. It includes terms like allegory, allusion, foreshadowing, oxymoron, metaphor, mood, aphorism, antagonist, connotation, voice, hyperbole, simile, personification, and symbolism. Teams in a game need to provide examples of these terms within a time limit and without shouting answers.

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Literary Terms Game

This document provides definitions and examples of various literary terms and short story elements. It includes terms like allegory, allusion, foreshadowing, oxymoron, metaphor, mood, aphorism, antagonist, connotation, voice, hyperbole, simile, personification, and symbolism. Teams in a game need to provide examples of these terms within a time limit and without shouting answers.

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Literary Terms/Short Story Elements

Game
Define

Duration: 1 minute
1 person per team is responsible for
writing the teams answer
Answer must be submitted on
paper. Teams will lose points for
shouting out their answers.
The use of characters or events to
represent ideas or principles in a
story
Ex. The characters in the Wizard
of OZ represent historical figures
and ideas
Reference to a famous person,
place, event, or work of literature
In Playing for keeps, the
narrator references Wyatt Earp,
a famous lawman of the
American West, when he
describes how Johnny stood up
to the alien.
When a writer provides hints that
suggest future events in a story.
In many popular movies we
know a girl is pregnant long
before it is announced by
sickness, tiredness, etc.
The juxtaposition of
contradictory terms
Ex. Deafening silence; jumbo
shrimp
A comparison between two
things that have something in
common without using like,
as, or
Her voice was music to my
ears
A feeling that a literary work
conveys to the reader.
In The Clown, the mood is
light hearted and fun
A short statement that
expresses a general
observation about life in a
clever or pointed way.
Sometimes the human
heart is the only clock in the
world that keeps true time
Someone who serves as a
contrast or challenge to
another character
Ex. The ugly step sisters in
Cinderella make Cinderella
even more beautiful
A contrast between what is
expected and what actually
exists or happens
A representation of a persons
attributes or peculiarities,
appearance, personality
a character who is simple,
two dimensional, and shallow.
Readers do not feel like they
get to know a flat character
Ex. The mother in Little Red
Riding Hood
An image, character or pattern
of circumstance that recurs
throughout literature and
thought consistently enough
to be considered universal
Ex. Wise grandparent,
generous thief
An interruption of the action
to present events that took
place at an earlier time
Specialized language of a
trade, profession, or group
Short story element or
authors technique?
Tone
expresses the writers attitude
towards his or her subject
Antagonist
Character or element in
conflict with the protagonist
Connotation
An idea or meaning
suggested by or associated
with a word or thing
Ex. Her mood was black
(dark,sad)
Voice
An author or narrators
distinctive style or manner of
expression, it can reveal
much about the personality of
the author or narrator
Give an example of:

Each team will have 1


minute to come up with an
example
Hyperbole: an exaggeration
for the sake of emphasis that
is not supposed to be taken
seriously
Starving to death
Simile: a comparison of two
things that have some quality
in common, it will include
like, as
As tall as a giraffe
Personification: the giving of
human qualities to an animal
or object.
Ex. The storm is an agile
dancer
Symbolism: a person, place,
object or action that stands
for something beyond itself
Ex. A rose as a symbol for
love

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