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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | A reference to a well known person, event, literary work or work of art |
| Analogy | Makes a comparison between 2 or more things that are similar, but otherwise unalike |
| Antagonist | A character or a force in conflect with a main character or portonist |
| Protagonist | The main character in literary work |
| Aurthor's Purpose | His or her main reason for writing |
| Characterization | The act of creating and devleoping a character |
| Direct Characterizations | When the author states directly what they look like |
| Indirect Characterizations | The process by which the writer shows the characters personality through speech, actions and physical appearance, Inner thoughts or attitudes and reactions of other characters and animals |
| Setting | The time and place of the author |
| Imagery | Mental pictures created by a piece of writing |
| Flashblack | A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events that occurred in the past |
| Conflict | Man Vs. Man, Stuggle between opposing forces. Clash or disagreement |
| Internal conflict | Man Vs Wild. Struggle occurring within a characters mind. |
| External Conflict | Man Vs. Self. Struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature of another character which drives dramatic action of the plot |
| Inference | To find out by a process of reasoning or something known or assumed. |
| Irony | A contradiction between what happens and what is expected |
| Simile | A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which something is descried as something else. |
| Mood | The feeling created in the reader by lierary work or passage. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in which each event from a previous one causes the next. |
| Parts of a plot | Exposition (conflect introduced), Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution |
| Dialogue | A conversation between characters |
| Autobiography | A story of the writers own life told by the writer |
| Biography | A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person |
| Playwright | A person who writes a play |
| Stage directions | Notes included in a drama to desribe how the work is to be performed or staged |
| Local Color | The use of specific details that help make a scene or story real |
| Folktale | A story composed orally and passed from person to person by word of mouth |
| Foreshadowing | The authors use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
| Myth | A fictional tale that explains the Gods or Heros or orginial elements of nature |
| Dialect | Form of language spoken by people in a particular religion or group |
| Colloquial | Used in everyday informal talk but not formal speach or writing |
| Stanza | A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are seperated by spaces |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for or represents something else |
| Theme | A central message in a literary work |
| Fiction | Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters or events |
| Nonfiction | A prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places objects or events |
| Genre | A division of literature composition |
| Poetry | One of the 3 major types of literature. The thought or feeling expressed in imaginative words (The others are Prose and Drama) |
| Prose | The ordinary form of written lanaguage |
| Drama | A story written to be performed by actors |
| Novel | A long work of fiction |
| Narrator | The speaker or character who tells a story |
| Third-Person | One who stands outside the action and speaks about it |
| First-Person | One who tells a story and participates in its actions |
| Tone | The writers attitude towards his or her audience and subject |
| Essay | A short non-fiction work about a particular subject |
| Character Traits | Flat, round, dynamic, static |
| Bias | Personal knowledge, interest or opinion that an author brings to a subject |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statement used as a figure of speach |
Created by:
Kyle Goblirsch
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