Literary Terms Grade 6/7 Worksheet

What is a statement that is not meant to be taken literally
What is a brief work of fiction that contains all the basic literary elements?
What is a repetition of initial sound, common in poetry, advertising, and tongue twisters?
What term describes two words with opposite meanings used together and a contradiction in terms?
What term describes two different things without a comparison word; direct comparison (is, are was, were)
What is a sequence of related events that make up a story?
What is person or character telling the story?
What is the act of creating and developing a character , reveals character's personalities through description, interaction with other characters and through dialogue (conversations)
What is a book length prose story that is fictional, meaning it was made up of the author's imagination?
What is words that imitate the natural sounds associated with them?
What term describes comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as", indirect comparison?
What term uses sensory words (sight, sound, smell, taste, and feel) to describe an object or person?
Which term describes the time and place in which the action of the story takes place?
What is the term that the writer gives hints and clues that suggests events that may still occur?
What is the term that suggests the main idea or message of the story that the author wants the reader to know; universal truth?
Which term describes the major struggle between opposing forces and/or problems to be overcome.
What term describes the talking that goes on between characters; conversation?