Literary Terms 1
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike items without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
A break from the present plot to give an account of something that happened to the character previously.
What is flashback?
A genre of literature that uses humor in text to create plot and characterization.
What is comedy?
Due to the lack of participation the summer camp for preschoolers will be cancelled this summer.
Due to the lack of participation, the summer camp for preschoolers will be cancelled this summer.
where and when a story takes place
What is setting?
An overused phrase or figure of speech.
What is a cliche or idiom?
Marcus my cousin on my mother's side will be visiting my family for Christmas.
Marcus, my cousin on my mother's side, will be visiting my family for Christmas.
The speech patterns of a particular region.
What is dialect?
the problem that drives the events of the story.
What is conflict?
Brenda is going to buy a new calculator a faster laptop a fresh wardrobe and an eye mask for sleeping to take with her to college this fall.
Brenda is going to buy a new calculator, a faster laptop, a fresh wardrobe, and an eye mask for sleeping to take with her to college this fall.
The central idea of a work of fiction
What is a theme?
hints or clues of what is to come in a story
What is foreshadowing?
a poem of 14 lines with a rhyming couplet at the end; Shakespeare wrote a lot of these
What is a sonnet?
Joann is going to Italy this summer she has never been outside the country so she is nervous.
Joann is going to Italy this summer; she has never been outside the country, so she is nervous.
A type of writing that ridicules a societal issue, usually through humor.
What is satire?
when the reader knows something the character does not
What is dramatic irony??
To get ahead for my senior year of college I will take three courses this summer Biology 320 Psychology 250 and Sports Medicine 110.
To get ahead for my senior year of college, I will take three courses this summer: Biology 320, Psychology 250, and Sports Medicine 110.