Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Persons
Plot Diagram
100
a sort of comparison that gives inanimate objects human characteristics
What is personification?
100
A statement made by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but not by others on stage
What is an aside?
100
the formation or use of words such as buzz or crash that imitate the sounds associated with objects or actions they refer to
What is onomatopoeia?
100
She wandered along the beach collecting shells and sea glass.
What is third person?
100
the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action of a plot
What is the climax?
200
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitutde opposite to that which is stated
What is irony?
200
a comparison between two objects without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
a statement whose two parts seem contradictory yet make sense with more thought
What is a paradox?
200
The person voice that uses I, me, my
What is first person?
200
the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience
What is the exposition?
300
A bold exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true
What is a hyperbole?
300
a speech by a character (alone on stage) that r eveals the character's thoughts and feelings
What is a soliloquy?
300
an indirect word or phrase in the place of a direct statement that might be considered harsh or offensive
What is a euphemism?
300
This is personal voice used in the following sentence: I watched the sun rise slowly over the horizon.
What is first person?
300
the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out
What is the resolution?
400
An object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, belief, or action
What is a symbol?
400
the feeling created in the reader by a written work
What is mood?
400
speech of people characterized by region, class, or social group
What is dialect?
400
The person voice that uses: you and your
What is second person?
400
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot following the climax
What is the falling action?
500
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing
What is an allusion?
500
the attitude of a writer toward a literary work's subject and its audience as revealed by choice of words and details
What is tone?
500
A comparison between two pairs that have the same kind of relationship
What is an analogy?
500
The person voice that uses him, his, he, she, her, their(s)
What is third person?
500
series of events that begin immediately after the exposition (introduction) of the story and builds up to the climax
What is the rising action?
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