Literary Terms I
Literary works that are based on imagination, not necessarily facts
What is Fiction?
A struggle (the problem in the story)
What is Conflict?
The person or character telling the story
Who is the Narrator?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is PERSONIFICATION?
What happens in the story
What is Plot?
A return to an earlier time
What is a Flashback?
The central or main character
What is the Protagonist?
Literary works that are fact-based
What is Non-fiction?
the choice of words an author uses
What is DICTION
One of the characters in the story is telling the story. (I, me, etc.)
What is First-Person Point of View?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
In a story, this introduces characters and settings while supplying background information. (HINT: Not introduction)
What is Exposition?
Hints or clues to future events in the story
What is Foreshadowing?
Character(s) in opposition to the main character
What is the Antagonist?
The time and place of the story
What is a Setting?
an author usually writes to inform, to persuade or to entertain. What is this known as?
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
What point of view uses he, she, it, them?
Third Person
A reference to something else in literature
What is an Allusion?
Complications/crisis/problems begin to take place (conflicts arise and tension builds)
What is Rising Action?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is INFERENCE?
A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head to express an idea or meaning.
What is a GESTURE?
a story about a person's life written by another person
What is BIOGRAPHY?
a type of writing that ridicules or makes fun of others -often uses humor or exaggeration
What is SATIRE?
What point of view is this?
Ross, do you love candy?
What is Second Person?
The author's attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature.
What is Tone?
High point in the story where the tension breaks (usually the highest point of interest)
What is the Climax?
Words or phrases that create a mental picture
Appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
Articulating or pronouncing all syllables
What is Enunciation?
The overall meaning (central message) of the story
What is the Theme?
Repetition of consonant sounds
What is ALLITERATION?
~Outside narrator
~Not a character in the story
~Knows the thoughts and feelings of one character only
What is Third-Person Limited Omniscient?
Tools the writer uses to create a character
~Description
~Character's speeches/actions
~Character's thoughts/feelings
~Reactions/Opinions of other characters
What is Characterization?
The events in the story which follow the climax (a decision needs to be made)
What is the Falling Action?
Author's distinctive voice; the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the possible parts of language use.
What is STYLE?
A bad feeling or emotion that people get when hearing a specific word or phrase
What is a NEGATIVE CONNOTATION?
In the movie, Jaws, the audience knows a shark is lurking in the water but the swimmers do not know the shark is there. What is this an example of?
What is Dramatic Irony?
Specific type or subtype of music, film, or writing
What is GENRE?
~Outside narrator
~Not a character in the story
~Knows the thoughts and feelings of two or more characters (all, everything)
What is Third Person Omniscient?
When that opposite of what you expect to happen occurs
What is Irony?
The outcome of the story/the conclusion
What is the Resolution?
When one student tells the other student, "I love learning literary elements and I cannot wait to take the test on Tuesday!"
What is Verbal Irony?
Various changes in your voice when speaking
What is INFLECTION?