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Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | An extended metaphor in which characters and ideas represent abstract concepts, such as death/knowledge |
| Allusion | A figure of speech that references to art, event, or figure, way o placing one's poem with context in economical fashion. |
| Antagonist | the character (or force) that opposes the protaganist |
| Characterization | developement of characters throughout the story |
| Climax | [in Drama] point where rising action turns to falling action and [in Fiction] moment of great intensity/conflict |
| Conflict | Antagonism between a character and the outside world or themself |
| Diction | A writers selection of words |
| Exposition | Informing reader of what has previously happened "sets up the story" |
| Falling Action | Action after climax, tension lessens, and moves toward catastrophe or denouement |
| Foil | Character who displays traits of protagonist or another important person. |
| Foreshadowing | words, gestures, or other actions that suggest future events or outcomes. |
| Genre | type or form of literature (which are later divided into subcategories) |
| Imagery | Language in literature that involves the senses |
| Irony | Tone that suggests what reality is is worse than what is seems to be. |
| Mood | general feeling towards topic |
| Motif | What drives a character to act in a particular way |
| Narrator | particular view of story in 1st person (story teller/observer is in 3rd) |
| Personification | figure of speech in where an inanimate object is treated with human like characteristics. |
| Plot | the sequence of major events usually related to cause/effect |
| Point of view | angle or vision on which the story is presented |
| Protagonist | Lead character |
| Resolution | Satisfying outcome that ends conflict |
| Rising action | tense complicated action lading up to the climax |
| Setting | time/place/culture/atmosphere where story takes place |
| Simile | expression that uses direct similarity (like, than, just like, etc.) |
| Stream of consciousness | characters point of view |
| Style | diction, syntax, other features chosen by author |
| Symbol | something that stands for something else |
| Theme | general repeated concept |
| Tone | Implied attitude toward subject and reader |
Created by:
Molly Turner
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