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MSHS Literary Terms
Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Comparing two unlike things by using "like" or "as". | Simile |
| Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as". | Metaphor |
| Giving life-like qualities to things that are not living. | Personification |
| Hints of what is to come later | Foreshadowing |
| An extreme exaggeration that no one would believe | Hyperbole |
| A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc | Allusion |
| A struggle against some outside enemy or some internal problem | Conflict |
| The central idea in a story | Theme |
| An interruption of the present action to review what happened at a previous time | Flashback |
| A twist of events causing things to turn out opposite of what was expected. | Irony |
| The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. | Pun |
| Time and location in which a story takes place | Setting |
| The lines spoken by a character or characters in a work, especially a conversation between two characters, or a literary work that takes the form of such a discussion | Dialogue |
| In drama, a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker's words. | Soliloquy |
| A speech made by an actor at a point in the play when the character believes himself to be alone. | Aside |
| The main or lead character or hero/heroine in a story. | Protagonist |
| The person or the "voice" telling the story. | Narrator |
| A storytelling method in which the narrator in a piece of fiction serves as a character and refers to him/herself as "I" or "we" | First Person Point of View |
| A storytelling method in which the narrator in a piece of fiction is NOT a character and stands outside the action, using only "he", "she", or "they" to refer to the characters. | Third Person Point of View |
| A character in a story who is against the hero, or who opposes the hero in the story. | Antagonist |
| Suggests the personality of a character by what they say, do, think, feel, and what others think | Indirect Characterization |
| A way of saying something where the words say it exactly how it is, leaving no room for interpretation | Literal Language |
| Using an object or action that represents something more than its literal meaning | Symbolism |
| The narrator tells the audience exactly what the personality of the character is | Direct Characterization |
| Any use of words that goes beyond their actual meaning in order to associate an idea or subject with something new. | Figurative Language |
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