Lit Terms 1
Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile?
The speaker of character who tells a story
What is Narrator?
The main character in a literary work
What is Protagonist?
The time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem take place
What is Setting?
The struggle between opposing forces
What is Conflict?
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
What is Alliteration?
Giving human characteristics to animals and objects
What is Personification?
The feelings and emotions associated with the meaning of a word
What is Connotation?
A scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event
What is Flashback?
The character of force who opposes the hero (protagonist) in a story
What is Antagonist?
Many characteristics developed
What is Round?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, character, or other literary work
What is Allusion?
A long uninterrupted speech performed by a single character
What is Monologue?
Repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
What is Assonance?
Only one characteristic developed
Characters change throughout the story
What is Dynamic?
The dictionary definition of a word
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
What is Foreshadowing?
A pair of opposite terms placed together in a single expression
What is Oxymoron?
Speech characteristics of a particular region or culture
What is Dialect?
Character, setting, theme, or symbol that demonstrates a universal human experience
What is Archetype?
Contrasting characters used to highlight a characteristic of protagonist
What is FOIL?
Characters stay the same throughout the story
What is Static?
When the opposite of what you expect happens
What is Irony?
Perspective of a narrator revealing the thoughts and knowledge of some but not all characters
What is 3rd person limited?