an often disappointing, sudden end to an intense situation.

a protagonist who carries the action of the literary piece but does not embody the classic characteristics of courage, strength, and nobility.

a concept that is directly opposed to a previously presented idea

conventional character

a character with traits that are expects or traditional. Heroes are expected to be strong, adventurous, and unafraid

two successive rhyming lines of the same number of syllables with matching cadence.

a character in the story tells the story, using the pronoun I. This is a limited point of view since the narrator can relate only events that he or she sees or is told about.

a character whose contrasting personal characteristics draw attention to, enhance, or contrast with those of the main character. A character who, by displaying opposite traits, emphasizes certain aspects of another character.

insolence, arrogance, or pride. In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s hubris is usually the tragic flaw that leads to his downfall.

an extreme exaggeration for literary effect that is not meant to be interpreted literally.

anything that effects or appeals to the reader’s senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell.

a radical change in a character, either physical or emotional.

a figure of speech which compares two dissimilar things, asserting that one thing is another thing, not just that one is like another.

a figure of speech that combines two contradictory words, placed side by side

interruption of a narrative by the introduction of an earlier event or by an image of past experience.

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Lit Terms #3

Question	Answer
anticlimax	an often disappointing, sudden end to an intense situation.
antihero	a protagonist who carries the action of the literary piece but does not embody the classic characteristics of courage, strength, and nobility.
antithesis	a concept that is directly opposed to a previously presented idea
conventional character	a character with traits that are expects or traditional. Heroes are expected to be strong, adventurous, and unafraid
couplet	two successive rhyming lines of the same number of syllables with matching cadence.
first person	a character in the story tells the story, using the pronoun I. This is a limited point of view since the narrator can relate only events that he or she sees or is told about.
foil	a character whose contrasting personal characteristics draw attention to, enhance, or contrast with those of the main character. A character who, by displaying opposite traits, emphasizes certain aspects of another character.
hubris	insolence, arrogance, or pride. In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s hubris is usually the tragic flaw that leads to his downfall.
hyperbole	an extreme exaggeration for literary effect that is not meant to be interpreted literally.
imagery	anything that effects or appeals to the reader’s senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell.
metamorphosis	a radical change in a character, either physical or emotional.
metaphor	a figure of speech which compares two dissimilar things, asserting that one thing is another thing, not just that one is like another.
onomatopoeia	words that imitate sounds
oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines two contradictory words, placed side by side
flashback	interruption of a narrative by the introduction of an earlier event or by an image of past experience.

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