Literary Terms 1
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
The main character in a story
What is protagonist?
Clues in the story that hint at events to come
What is foreshadowing?
The main character in In the Shadow of the Banyan
Who is Raami?
The main character's sister
Who is Radana?
An image or object that has a deeper meaning
What is a symbol?
When a word, phrase, or idea is included multiple times in a poem
What is repetition?
When something unexpected happens
What is irony?
A prince and a poet
Who is Papa/Sisowath Ayuravann?
The main character's only family member who was not born royal and can cook, clean, etc.
Who is Mama/Aana?
A "moral" or "lesson" from the story
What is theme?
The most exciting or intense part of a story
What is the climax?
A group of words in a row; the basic unit of poetry
What is a line?
Aunt to main chracter; believes that the family's royal status will save them
Father figure to the protagonist; eventually ends his own life
Who is Big Uncle?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
A character that grows and/or learns throughout a story
What is a dynamic character?
A character lacking complex traits
What is a flat character?
Suffers from dementia, which endangers her family
Who is Grandmother Queen/Gma Queen?
The leader of the Communist Revolution in Cambodia
Who is Pol Pot?
A group of lines arranged to form a building block of poetry
What is a stanza?
The first step of "Approaching a Poem"
What is examining the title?
The figurative or cultural meaning behind a word
What is connotation?
A grandmother figure to the protagonist; lives a simple life in rural Cambodia
Who is Mae?
The name for the group who carried out the Communist Revolution in Cambodia
What is the Khmer Rouge?