1 Lit Terms Review Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
narrator | person/character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem |
characterization | representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches |
protagonist | leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text |
theme | the main or central idea of a literary work |
antagonist | person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary |
personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form |
simile | comparison of one thing with another, used to make a description more vivid, using the key word like, as, than, or resembles |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is directly compared to another thing |
onomatopoeia | poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds; imitates the sound the word makes |
allusion | reference to a well-known person, place, idea in history/culture/literature |
imagery | descriptive language that allows readers to better imagine the world in the literature |
hyperbole | use of over-exaggeration for the purpose of creating emphasis or being humorous |
foreshadowing | use of indicative words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold |
point of view | the perspective from which a story is narrated |
climax | the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something |
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