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English II
Mid Term Exam Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | figure of speech in which consonants especially t the beginning of words are stressed and syllables repeated |
| Allusion | usually an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature, person, event |
| Aphorism | a terse statement of truth or dogma, a pithy generalization |
| Archetype | a basic model from which copies are made |
| Assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds |
| Characterization | the way the author describes a character's personality through dialogue |
| Protagonist | the central figure of a story |
| Antagoinst | "opponent, competitor, rival"is a character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend |
| Type/Stock | a flat character of a familiar and often repeated type |
| Round | a character who shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits |
| Flat | a character who reveals only one personality |
| Static | the character remains the same throughout the story |
| Dynamic | a character that changes during the story |
| Internal Conflict | a literary device used for expressing an internal resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims/ dreams |
| External Conflict | a literary device used for expressing an external resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims/ dreams |
| Connotation | the suggestion or implication evoked by a word or phrase |
| Consonance | to repetition of sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase |
| Denotation | the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word |
| Exposition | background information for a story |
| Inciting Incident | the first event indicating the main event of a story |
| Rising Action | complications that develop in a story |
| Climax | point at which the protagonist must choose |
| Falling Action/Resolution | the events or results caused by the protagonist's decision |
| Foreshadowing | technique of arranging events and information in a narrative way that later events are prepared for |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis |
| Idiom | form of expression, construction, phrase peculiar to a language and often possessing a meaning other than its grammatical or logical one |
| Imagery | occurs when language appeals to one or more of the five senses |
| Irony | difference between appearance and reality |
| Situational Irony | actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. |
| Methaphor | figure of speech in which one is described in terms of another |
| Motiff | A recurrent image, word, phrase, represented object or action that tends to unify the literary work or that may be elaborated into a more general theme. |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation and use of words to imitate sounds |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech that juxtaposes apparently contradictory elements |
| Personification | attributing human qualities for inanimate objects |
| Point of View | vantage point in which the story is told |
| 1st person | the story is told by the protagonist, uses "i" and "we" |
| 2nd person | use this point of view to address the reader, as I just did. The second person uses the pronouns “you,” “your,” and “yours.” |
| 3rd person | most common point of view used in literature "he" "she" "they" "it"two types limited and omniscient |
| Pun | a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings |
| Rhyme | repetition of accentuated vowels |
| End Rhyme | the rhyme occurs at the end of two lines |
| Internal Rhyme | the rhyme occurs within the same line |
| Slant Rhyme | rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical |
| Satire | literary work holding up human vices, follies to ridicule or scorn |
| Simile | a figure of speech where two things are compared to each other using lie or as |
| Suspence | uncertainty, anticipation, and or curiosity as to the outcome of the story |
| Symbol | represents or stands for something else |
| Theme | the central idea of a piece of literature |
| Tone/Mood | the reflection of the writer's attitude |
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tbostwick
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