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Honaker Literary Terms
Final Jeopardy

2. Example: The “bad guy” that we are against!
$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!

3. $100 Answer from A
Antagonist

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

5. $200 Answer from A
Alliteration

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

7. $300 Answer from A
Allusion

8. $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 _____________.

9. $400 Answer from A
Atmosphere

10. $500 Question from A
A story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas.
Example: In westerns, the sheriff represents good, and the outlaw represents evil.

11. $500 Answer from A
Allegory

12. $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 __________.

13. $100 Answer from C
Characterization

14. Example: The most exciting part of the story.
$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.

15. $200 Answer from C
Climax

16. $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.

17. $300 Answer from C
Compare

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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.

19. $400 Answer from C
Conflict

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

21. $500 Answer from C
Contrast

22. Example: Not the third but the _______.
$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 _______.

23. $100 Answer from E-F
First Person
Point of View

24. $200 Question from E-F
A long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure.
Example: The Odyssey

25. $200 Answer from E-F
Epic

26. Example: The Tortoise and the Hare
$300 Question from E-F
A story that illustrates a moral, often using animals as the characters.
Example: The Tortoise and the Hare

27. $300 Answer from E-F
Fable

28. Example: What usually happens after you hear the music in JAWS!
$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!

29. $400 Answer from E-F
Foreshadowing

30. $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.

31. $500 Answer from E-F
Figurative Language

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

33. $100 Answer from M-O
Onomatopoeia

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

35. $200 Answer from M-O
Metaphor

36. $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.

37. $300 Answer from M-O
Monologue

38. Example: The Greek Gods: Zeus, Aphrodite, Athena, Hercules…
$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…

39. $400 Answer from M-O
Myth

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

41. $500 Answer from M-O
Oxymoron

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

43. $100 Answer from P-S
Personification

44. Example: The “good guy” or think about another meaning of “for.”
$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.”

45. $200 Answer from P-S
Protagonist

46. Example: The basic ideas of a story in the order that they happened.
$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.

47. $300 Answer from P-S
Plot

48. $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.”

49. $400 Answer from P-S
Simile

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

51. $500 Answer from P-S
Rhetorical Question

52. Final Jeopardy
A monologue in which a character expresses his or her thoughts to the audience and does not intend the other characters to hear them.

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
Soliloquy