General Literary Terms
A section in a text that interrupts the sequence of events in order to share an earlier incident or series of events; when a character remembers something in his/her past
What is a flashback?
The quality of a character or what a character is like
What is character trait?
The speaker or character who is telling the story
Who is the narrator?
Words that sound like what they mean
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a poem
What is assonance?
A type of writing based on significant remembered events in the writer's past but not the writer's full life: a genre of non-fiction
What is memoir?
The main character who wants something in a story
Who is the protagonist?
When the events are told by someone not in the story
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
A figure of speech in which something is compared to something else, without using the words like or as
What is a metaphor?
Where a poet decides to end a line
What is a line break?
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without poetic structures
What is prose?
A character who does not undergo a change over the course of a story
What is a static character?
When the events are told by a character in the story
What is 1st Person Point of View?
When a non-human object is given human characteristics
What is personification?
Poetry that has irregular lines and does not rhyme
What is free verse?
A conclusion drawn by the reader based on available information
What is inference?
When the writer directly states the character's traits or characteristics
What is direct characterization?
When no characters thoughts and feelings are shared
What is 3rd person objective?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a line of poetry to create a musical effect
What is alliteration?
A central message, idea, or concern expressed in a literary work
What is theme?
A character who is complex, not one-dimensional, and who has positive and negative qualities
What is a round character?
When the thoughts and feelings of more than one or all characters are shared
What is 3rd person omniscient?
A kind of poem that is used to praise or celebrate
What is an ode?
The pattern of the end rhyme in a poem is known as
What is rhyme scheme?