SWA Eng 1 Midterm #2 - (4) Lit. Terms (5) Figurative Lang (6) Conflict (7) Irony
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| The time and place of a story | Setting
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| The central truth about life that the author wants the readers to think about; should be expressed as one sentence | Theme
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| If you think about what the main character learns in the story, it will help you determine the _____ | Theme
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| a reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, history, religion, politics, sports, science or pop culture | Allusion
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| The type of allusion that refers to a person, event, or verse in the Bible | Biblical Allusion
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| The type of allusion that refers to a classical story, work of art, song, or poem | Classical Allusion
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| The type of allusion that refers to a familiar person, place, or event | Cultural Allusion
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| The type of allusion that refers to a person or event from history | Historical Allusion
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| The type of allusion that refers to a person, place, event from a literary work | Literary Allusion
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| When two or more unlike things are compared using the words "like" or "as" | Simile
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| When two or more unlike things are compared without using the words "like" or "as" | Metaphor
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| The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot | Foreshadowing
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| Giving human qualities to non-human things | Personification
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| Repeating the beginning consonant sounds (ex - The carpenter kicked the cab of the truck.) | Alliteration
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| An exaggeration (ex - The music was loud enough to make my ears bleed.) | Hyperbole
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| A play on words (ex - I called my dog Trouser because he pants too much.) | Pun
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| The type of conflict where the struggle is within the characters mind. | Internal Conflict
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| Tye type of conflict where the struggle is with someone or something outside the character. | External Conflict
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| A conflict between two or more people | Man vs. Man
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| A conflict within a person | Man vs. Himself
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| A conflict with the elements of nature (snow, rain, etc.) | Man vs. Environment
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| A conflict with gods, ghosts, superpowers, etc. | Man vs. Supernatural
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| When the speaker says one thing but means something else. ("I'm not upset.) | Verbal Irony
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| When what is expected to happen is not what happens (a police officer gets a ticket for speeding) | Situational Irony
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| The audience/reader knows something that a character does not (We know someone is hiding behind the door,but the character who just entered the house does not) | Dramatic Irony
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