Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Literary Terms 4
Literary Terms 5
100

The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. Example: The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

What is alliteration?

100
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.
What is an antonym?
100
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work; in its most restricted sense, it refers specifically to the speech of characters in a drama.
What is dialogue?
100
A story that is a product of imagination (not real). 

What is fiction? 

100

A written account of another person's life. 

What is biography? 

200
Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions. Example: The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.
What is imagery?
200
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content. Examples: Poetry, Non-fiction
What is genre?
200

A comparison using like or as. 

What is simile? 

200

A person, animal or thing telling the story.

What is the narrator? 

200

A person, animal, or inanimate object in a literary work. 

What is character? 

300
An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: I have a million things to do.
What is a hyperbole?
300
The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used. Example: The speech gave me food for thought.
What is a metaphor?
300

The central thought of a passage.

What is the main idea? 

300

The "struggle" in a story.

What is conflict? 

300

To describe the most important imparts of a passage in a more condensed form is to do this:

What is to summarize? 

400

The time and place of a story. 

What is setting? 

400
The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience.
What is mood?
400

A topic of discussion or work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

What is theme? 

400

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification? 

400

The associations ( or feelings) of a word or phrase.

What is connotation? 

500

When the opposite of what you’d expect to happen actually happens. Example: A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.

What is irony? 

500
The attitude of the author or speaker toward the audience, characters, subject or the work istelf.
What is tone?
500

A brief, indirect reference (to a person, story, event, time period, etc.)

What is allusion? 

500

To make a judgement based off of reasoning. To "read between the lines."

What is an inference? 

500

Hinting at things to come in the future of a story/ to set up an expectation.

What is foreshadowing? 

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