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Literary Terms!
Literary Terms for Pre Ap
Question | Answer |
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Character | An individual, object, animal, or force created by the author for his/her work |
Climax | Most decisive & critical scene or event |
Conflict | Main character's opposed by another character/force |
Connotation | Secondary meaning of a word in addition to its explicit meaning |
Denotation | Explicit meaning of of a word |
Diction | The choice of words, phrases, sentence structure & fig. lang which leads to the clarity & accuracy of writing |
Epic Hero | Larger than life hero who takes on a quest |
Figures of Speech | A stylistic divide that compares two things to convey a meaning or exaggerate a description |
Foreshadowing | When the writer drops hints/clues as to what'll happen later on |
Homoric Simile | Extended simile elaborated in great detail |
Internal Conflict | Struggle that takes place in the protagonist's mind |
Verbal Irony/Irony | Expression or statement where the meaning is used in the opposite way |
Metaphor | Compares 2 things w/o using like/as |
Mood | Emotion ambience (surroundings, feel) established by a literary work |
Narrator | Character telling story |
Plot | Order of events & incidents that occur in the storyline |
Point of View | Perspective the author uses to tell the story |
Resolution | The conflict in the story is worked out in some way |
Setting | Time AND place in which a work of literature occurs |
Simile | Comparing 2 things using like/as |
Sololiequy | When a character is alone & talking to him/herself aloud |
Speaker | The voice in a poem, may be poet or character created by poet |
Surprise Ending | Piece of literature ends in an unexpected way |
Suspense | Growing feeling of excitement felt by the audience while awaiting climax of the story |
Tone | Atitude of the author towards teh work of writing (ie. word choice) |
Theme | A controlling idea/subject for reflection in a literary work |
Symbol | An object that represents an idea or feeling |
Dramatic Irony | Audience knows something the main character doesn't |
Irony of Situation | Action is opposite of what's expected |
3rd Person Point of View | Told by one of the characters using he and she (knows everything in the story) |