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Literary Terms 1-50
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Figurative Language | when you describe something by comparing it to something else |
| Imagery | Group of words that appeal to 1 or more of 5 senses |
| Symbolism | literary device where object represents idea |
| Allusion | a reference in 1 literary work to another lit work/event |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which something non human is given human characteristics |
| Analogy | the comparison of 2 things that share a similar relationship, may not be apparent |
| Anecdote | a short story someone tells about their life to prove a point |
| allegory | a story which illustrates an idea or moral in which objects take on symbolic meanings |
| Style | how authors create meaning using figurative language, diction, sound, effects, etc. |
| diction | author's choice of words |
| denotation | literal meaning of something |
| connotation | emotional meaning of a word |
| ambiguity | statement which can contain 2 or more meanings |
| Synechdoche | when one uses a part to represent a whole |
| tone | author's attitude toward the subject |
| mood | atmosphere/emotions reader feels from a lit work |
| Plot | sequence of events/structure of a story |
| exposition | background of a story (settings, characters, conflict) |
| Setting | story's time and place |
| rising action | events leading to climax that build suspense |
| climax | turning point of story, conflict is solved |
| falling action | events after climax that lead to resolution |
| Resolution | last part of story that establishes life after conflict |
| foreshadowing | hints that author puts in story about what will happen next |
| flashback | reference to an event which took place before beginning of story |
| theme | main idea of story + what author wants you to take away |
| Conflict | occurs when protagonist is opposed by person or force |
| point of view | perspective from which story is told |
| characterization (give methods) | method a writer uses to reveal character's personality , personality, physical appearance, what they say/do, what others think of him/her |
| Protagonist | hero/central character of story |
| antagonist | character/force that opposes protagonist |
| stereotype | author's method of treating a character so that he/she is automatically put into 1 group |
| foil | a character who sets off main character by comparison - usually opposites |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| soliloquy | a character speaks his/her thoughts |
| aside | character in play makes short speech directly to audience |
| inference | a judgment based on reasoning rather than direct evidence |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement |
| understatement | statement which minimizes importance of what is meant |
| satire | a piece of literature designed to ridicule subject |
| verbal irony | contrast between what is said and what is meant |
| dramatic irony | contrast between what character thinks and what reader knows |
| situational irony | contrast between what happens and what is expected to happen |
| rhyme scheme | order in which rhyming words occur in a poem |
| genre | literary type/form |
| anthropomorphism | describing of gods + goddesses in human form + giving them human characteristics |
| Simile | comparison between 2 things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison between 2 things w/out using like or as |
| onomatopoeia | when sound of a words echoes sound it represents |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonants in group of words |
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