Matching Pairs Lit Terms Matching GameOnline version Literary Terms Matching Game by Jen Roberts 1 Setting 2 Plot 3 Metaphor 4 Transition 5 Personification 6 Narrative Essay 7 1st Person POV 8 Simile 9 Conflict 10 External Conflict A comparison between two unlike things using the word “like,” “as,” or “than.” An example might be “I’m as fast as lightning.” The time and place of the action. An example might be “In the Amazon jungle in 1940” A struggle between two opposing forces. It could be physical or emotional. An essay that tells a story, usually a true story that makes a point The sequence or order of events in a literary work. A struggle that takes place between a character and some outside force such as another character, society, or nature. A figure of speech where something is written about as if it were something else. Where two unlike things are compared but have similar qualities. An example might be “our quarterback threw rockets today.” Giving things that are not alive human like characteristics. An example might be “the wind whispered through the trees.” A word, phrase, or sentence that is used to connect one idea to another or introduce an example. When a story is told from a single person point of view using the pronoun “I”
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