Literary Terms 1
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality. SPECIFICALLY when the writer or narrator describes the character by their appearance.
What is direct characterization?
When the narrator is a character in the story who describes things from his or her perspective and refers to himself or herself as "I".
What is first-person point of view?
The environment in which a story takes place, including the time, location, and the physical characteristics of the surroundings.
What is setting?
A struggle between opposing forces. May include external or internal.
What is conflict?
When two unlike things are compared--used like or as--to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.
What is simile?
Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions.
What is personification?
An instance where a word or phrase is repeated to provide clarity and emphasis, highlighting deeper meanings in the text.
What is repetition?
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality. In this type, the author shows the reader or audience member what the character is like though actions towards others, what the character thinks, speech, how the character affects others.
What is indirect characterization?
The point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity before being resolved. Also the point in a story where the reader or audience member experiences the most intense emotions.
What is the climax?
The message the story is trying to convey.
Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
When the reader or audience members are aware of something that the characters involved are not aware of.
What is dramatic irony?
Language that portrays sensory experiences, or language that appeals to the five senses (taste, touch, sight, sound, smell).
What is imagery?
The author's choice of narrator where the narrator is not a character in the story but the narrator can describe the experiences and thoughts of only one character in the story.
What is third-person limited point of view?
When the name or description of something implies the opposite of the truth.
What is verbal irony?
A comparison that is made claiming that one this is something else.
What is a metaphor?
The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.
What is the mood?
When something happens that is the reverse or opposite of what is to be expected.
What is situational irony?
What is hyperbole?
What is a soliloquy?
The author's choice of narrator; how the story is told. In this type, the narrator is not one of the characters and can describe the thoughts and experiences of every character in the story.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
A scene in a story that occurred before the present time in the story. They may be presented as memories, dreams, or stories of the past told by characters.
What is flashback?
The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe, such as hiss, murmur, growl, honk, buzz, etc.
What is onomatopoeia?
The author's attitude toward the subject matter or the reader/audience. Conveyed through the word choices and the details included in the piece.
What is tone?
An indirect reference to something outside of the story that you're expected to know.
What is allusion?