Literary Terms-A
The opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist.
What is antagonist?
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."
What is idiom?
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Authors use _________ to describe actions, characters, objects, and ideas, and to heighten the emotional effect of their writing.
What is imagery?
Expresses a complete thought with correct punctuation
A sentence
The sequence of events in a story. This includes the opening event, the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the resolution.
The environment in which a story takes place, including time period, the location, and the physical characteristics of the surroundings.
What is setting?
The main or central character of a work of literature.
What is protagonist?
When two unlike things are compared- using like or as- in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things. For example, "Randy's voice is like melted chocolate."
What is simile?
A story's main message or moral.
What is theme?
A struggle between opposing forces. It may be external or internal.
What is conflict?
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality.
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
The point in the play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.
What is climax?
The conversation between characters in a work of literature.
What is dialogue?
Using words in some other way other than for their literal meaning to make a comparison, add emphasis, or say something in a fresh and creative way.
What is figurative language?
What is literal meaning?
is the perspective from which the author presents the story
What is Point of View?
The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature. It's the atmosphere that makes you feel a certain way when you "walk into" a story. For example: creepy, calm, romantic, sad, or tense.
What is mood?
is making a guess about the story based
on evidence
What is an inference?
A way to take notes to make better understanding of what we are reading
Annotations
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two, unlike things.
What is metaphor?
When the name or description of something implies the opposite of the truth (for example calling a very tall person "Tiny").
What is irony?
is a lesson for children about safety or proper behavior… a sentence.
What is a moral?
The practice of using symbols in literature.
What is symbolism?
is when you combine two independent clauses that contain related information.
A compound sentence