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Literary Terms Def
English II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simile | Compares two things that don’t seem similar using ‘like’ or ‘as’. |
| Metaphor | Compares two or more things by showing characteristics that they share. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story. |
| Hyperbole | Great exaggeration used for emphasis or humor |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to something that is not human. |
| Pun | A humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound |
| Alliteration | Repetition of sounds, usually beginning consonant sounds. |
| Antagonist | A character or force that opposes the central character. |
| Assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables. |
| Character | An individual in a literary work. |
| Climax | The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative. |
| Conflict | The struggle between opposing forces. |
| Dialogue | Written conversation between characters. |
| Exposition | An author's introduction of the characters, setting, and situation. |
| Falling Action | The action that follows the Climax. |
| Flashback | An event that happened before the story began that interrupts the chronological order of the story's events. |
| Genre | A category of literary work. |
| Imagery | The 'word pictures' writers use to create an emotional response in readers. |
| Irony | A contrast or disagreement between appearance and reality OR between what is expected and what actually happens. |
| Narrative | Tells a story |
| Narrator | Person who tells a story |
| Onomatopoeia | A word or phrase that imitates the sound of what it describes. |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech that has two contradictory terms. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a narrative work. |
| Point of View | The relationship of the narrator to the story. |
| Protagonist | The central character in a story. |
| Rising Action | The part of the plot where complications in the conflict develop. Creates reader interest. |
| Setting | The time and place in which the events of a story occur. |
| Soliloquy | A long speech spoken by a character in a play, who is usually alone on stage. |
| Theme | The central message of a story. |
| Tone | A reflection of a writer's attitude toward a subject. |
| Voice | An author's distinctive use of language to convey the author's or narrator's personality. |
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