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Literary Terms
Literary Terms that you should know by the 7th grade!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an alliteration? | the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words |
| What is an allusion? | a reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or art from history |
| What is an anachronism? | something that is out of its time period |
| What is an antagonist? | a person or force that opposes the protagonist, or hero |
| What is an autobiography? | the story of a persons’ life written by that person |
| What is biography | the account of a person’s life writing by another person |
| What is character? | a person in a literary work |
| What is climax? | |
| What is conflict? | struggle between opposing characters or forces that is central or important to the action of the story |
| What are some types of conflict? | External conflicts are those in which a character struggles against another character, society, or force of nature. Internal conflicts are those in which a character struggles with an issue or a problem within his or her mind. |
| What is Connotation? | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression; an idea that is implied or suggested |
| What is Denotation? | the literal dictionary meaning of a word |
| What is dialect? | a form of language spoken by a particular group of people or in a specific geographical area; differs from standard spoken English in its spelling, word use, and pronunciation. |
| What is dialogue? | conversation between characters in a literary work |
| What is Drama? | -a story usually performed by actors on a stage or before movie or TV cameras; two types: tragedy and comedy |
| What is Exposition? | The use of authorial discussion to explain or summarize background material rather than revealing this information through gradual narrative detail. |
| What is Euphemism? | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| What is Figure of Speech | an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning. |
| What is a fable? | story which teaches a moral lesson; sometimes have animals as the main characters |
| What is fiction? | story that is untrue or made up |
| What is a flashback? | an interruption in a chronological narrative that tells about something that happened before that point in the story or before the story began |
| What is a folktale? | An anonymous traditional story passed down orally long before being written down |
| What is foreshadowing? | the use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen in the story |
| What is a hyperbole? | a statement that is exaggerated or overstated to emphasize a point or create a humorous effect. |
| What is an idiom? | refers to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language |
| What is imagery? | language that emphasizes sensory impressions that help the reader of a literary work to see, hear, feel, smell and taste the scenes described in the work |
| What is Irony? | a contrast between reality and what seems to be real. 3 types; situational- exists when the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of someones expectations; verbal-when someone says something and means another |
| what is a legend? | a traditional story handed down orally based on history and an actual hero |
| what is a limerick? | a light, usually humorous poew with a regular metrical scheme and a rhyme scheme of aabba with a five-line stanza |
| what is lyric poem? | poem, usually short, that expresses personal feelings about a subject or event |
| what is metamorphosis? | when a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different. |
| What is metaphor? | comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing, a metaphor does not use “LIKE” or “AS” in comparisons |
| What is mood? | the emotional quality or atmosphere of a story? |
| What is a myth? | a traditional story of anonymous origin that deals with goddesses, gods, heroes, and supernatural events |
| What is a narrative poem? | verse that tells a story |
| what is onomatopoeia? | the use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes |
| what is an oxymoron? | figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms; combining two opposite qualities or ideas which therefore seems impossible. |
| what is personification? | a figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human form or characteristics |
| what is plot? | the sequence of events in a story or novel or play |
| what is point of view? | a mental position from which things are viewed |
| what is prose? | writing that is similar to everyday speech and written language as opposed to poetry or drama |
| What is the protagonist? | the hero of the story |
| what is a pun? | a humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound |
| what is satire? | a play, film, or novel in which humor or exaggeration is used to criticize something |
| what is simile? | a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things |
| what is a setting? | the time and place in which a story takes place |
| what is stanza? | one of the parts into which a poem is divided |
| what is a stereotype? | a character who is not developed as an individual, but as a collection of traits, and mannerism supposedly shared by all members of a group |
| what is style? | the author's choice and arrangement of words and sentences in a literary work; can reveal an author's purpose in writing and attitude toward his or her subject and audience |
| what is suspense? | a feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next |
| what is symbol? | any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is |
| what is a tall-tale? | a widely imaginative story, usually passed down orally, about the fantastic adventures or amazing feats of folk heroes in realistic local settings |
| what is theme? | the main idea of the story or message of the author |
| what is tone? | the elements of style that express to readers an author's feelings and attitude toward his or her subject, ideas, theme, or characters |
| what is tragedy? | a play in which the main character suffers a downfall |
| what is refrain? | A line or set of lines at the end of a stanza or section of a longer poem or song--these lines repeat at regular intervals in other stanzas or sections of the same work. |
| what is a parody? | a humorous piece of writing, drama, or music which imitates the style of a well-known person or represents a familiar situation in an exaggerated way |
| what is non-fiction? | the type of writing that tells about real people, places and events. |
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