Literary Terms 1
When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.
What is internal conflict?
A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The time, location, and environment in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
One of the story’s characters is narrating the literary work. He or she uses the pronouns “I,” “me,” “we,” and “us” to tell the story.
What is first person point of view?
A character is battling something or someone beyond their control.
What is external conflict?
The facts of the narrative are reported by a seemingly neutral observer or recorder. No side is taken. The narrator is an unbiased observer and reports without prejudice or thoughts.
What is third person objective?
The writer’s attitude toward a certain topic.
What is tone?
A literary technique in which an author gives non-human things (animals or objects) literal human traits and makes them capable of human behavior.
What is anthropomorphism?
The lines which are spoken by or between the characters in a story. They reveal information about the characters and move the plot forward.
What is dialogue?
This is an all-knowing and all-seeing narrator. The narrator is outside of any one character, but the narrator knows everything, including the characters’ thoughts.
What is third person omniscient?
Narrator uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader. It implies that a reader is the protagonist or a character in the story and events are happening to the reader.
What is second person point of view?
The person who is understood to be speaking or thinking or writing a particular work. It is the voice chosen by the author to tell the story.
What is persona?
A style of narration where the perspective of a single character is given. It uses pronouns like “he” and “she.”
What is third person limited?
An extreme exaggeration used in literature for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The emotions the text pulls from the readers.
What is mood?
A reference to a well-known character, person, event, or place that is outside of the literary work. It serves to deepen the meaning of the work.
What is an allusion?
Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Self, Man vs Society, Man vs Technology, Man vs God
What are the 6 types of conflict?
A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposite meanings.
What is oxymoron?
A symbol or idea that occurs frequently in a story. They contribute to the theme(s) in the story.
What is a motif?
A literary device that is meant to downplay a situation, making it seem less important or less serious that it really is. It is the opposite of hyperbole.
What is understatement?
The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, setting, or phrases, or words side-by-side for the purpose of showing the differences or similarities between them.
What is juxtaposition?
A statement that appears to be contradictory, but it reveals a deeper or higher truth.
What is paradox?