click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ILMS Lit Terms 1-15
Lit Terms 1-15
Question | Answer |
---|---|
allegory | a story or poem with talking animals that teaches a lesson or moral |
alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
allusion | an implied or direct reference to ideas, books, people or things with which the reader is already familiar |
antagonist | one who opposes; often a villain |
apostrophe | speaking to someone absent or something nonhuman as if it were present, alive, or able to speak |
assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds when consonant sounds are unlike |
characterization | the way the author develops the characters |
characters | people or animals in a story |
climax | the most exciting part of the story; where the conflict is resolved |
conflict | the basic struggle between central elements in fiction |
crisis | the point when the plot reaches its turning point; the height of the conflict |
denouement | the solution, the final outcome |
dialogue | conversation characters use |
exposition | introduction of material necessary for understanding the story; characters and setting are introduced |
fiction | a category of literature that has imaginary characters and events |