Terms that begin with "A"
Types of Characters
Literary Terms
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100
comparing something to something else. A brother is to a sister, is like a nephew to a niece
What is analogy
100
A stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous fiction
What is a stock character?
100
The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
What is irony?
100
The central message of a literary work
What is theme?
100
Choice of words
What is diction?
200
The repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance
200
A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action.
What is a dynamic character?
200
a type of figurative language in which non-human subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
200
Any events that occur after the resolution in a story.
What is denouement?
200
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
What is a symbol?
300
A story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas
What is allegory?
300
this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background.
What is a round character?
300
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is tone?
300
The turning point of the story.
What is climax?
300
The flower in Beauty and the Beast is a ____________ for love.
What is a symbol?
400
A reference to something or someone often literary
What is an allusion?
400
A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story
What is a flat character?
400
The feeling in the reader created by the literary work.
What is mood?
400
a deliberate exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is simile?
500
Placing a person or object in an inappropriate historical situation.
What is anachronism?
500
Katniss is a __________ character because she can be kind, fearless, and angry. We also know a lot about her including her family and her background.
What is a round character?
500
The use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A phrase in which the words are contradictory
What is oxymoron?
500

A characteristic language of a particular group (police officers, doctors)

What is Jargon or dialect?

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