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Literary Terms 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| ballad | a narrative poem that is sung |
| personification | giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| mood | the 'feeling' imparted by a poem or short story |
| dialogue | two characters talking to each other |
| round character | a character that has many sides to his or her personality |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| situational irony | a contrast between what happens and what is expected to happen |
| static character | a character who does not change in the story |
| symbol | something that represents something else (ex. an eagle, a cross) |
| theme | the main idea or message of a story |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the story or poem |
| flashback | scenes which represent events that happened before the start of the story |
| flat character | a character with only one obvious personality trait |
| foreshadowing | a hint given about events to come |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| verbal irony | a difference between what is said and what is meant |
| alliteration | the close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| antagonist | has a relationship of conflict with the main character |
| climax | the turning point in a story; usually resolves the conflict |
| conflict | the struggle or problem in the story |
| connotation | the meaning of a word that is implied or understood |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows more than the characters in the story |
| dynamic character | a character who changes and develops throughout the story |
| extended metaphor | a metaphor that carries throughout a poem or story |
| external conflict | human vs. human, human vs. nature, human vs. machine, etc. |
| internal conflict | human vs. himself/ herself |
| imagery | words that form pictures in the reader's mind |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| allusion | a reference to a person, event, place, or literary work (ex. the Bible, a Shakespearean play, a historical event) |
| rhyme scheme | the rhyming pattern of a poem |
| characterization | how an author develops a character's personality |
| direct characterization | when an author tells us directly about a character's personality, appearance, etc. |
| indirect characterization | when an author implies information about a character's personality, appearance, etc. |
| idiom | an expression that means something different than what it says (ex. a piece of cake) |
| falling action | follows the climax, leads to the end of the story |
| rising action | the events of a story leading to the climax |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| plot | the events of a story |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| genre | the type of novel or story |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| symbolism | a symbolic meaning or representation |
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