Literary Terms
A literary device where an author drops subtle hints, warnings, or clues about plot developments, character revelations, or future events, building anticipation and suspense.
Foreshadowing
The part of the story that introduces setting and characters
exposition
A character who is working against the protagonist
antagonist
The type of conflict in which there is a struggle within such as a personal decisions
Internal Conflict
Ironically, the "joy that kills" Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour" is what?
The joy of having freedom then losing it.
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Simile
A series of events leading to the climax of a story
rising action
a literary device where the author explicitly tells the reader a character’s personality, emotions, appearance, or background, leaving little room for interpretation.
direct characterization
A type of conflict in which man struggles with another man, nature, or society
external conflict
A form of irony that comes across as sarcasm (saying one thing and meaning another).
Verbal Irony
An object, place, image, or character that carries a literal and an abstract meaning.
Symbol
The moment of highest tension and the turning point in a story
climax
The name of the main character in the short story "7th Grade" by Gary Soto
Victor
In the short story, "7th Grade," the main character Victor struggles most with internal or external conflict?
Internal conflict (learning how to be himself).
A type of irony that occurs when the audiences knows something a character does not to build suspense
Dramatic Irony
Where and when a story takes place
Setting
the events following the climax leading to a resolution
falling action
Mrs. Mallard
The main character in "The Story of an Hour"
In "The Story of an Hour", Louise Mallard struggles internally between these two opposing forces
grief and freedom
When a situation does not turn out as expected
Situational Irony
The main character
Protagonist
another word for the "resolution" of a story (French word)
denouement
In the short story, "The Lady or the Tiger", the Princess is in conflict with her love for the Courtier and her ______________
jealousy
A pop-song by Alanis Morrisette that rose to the charts in the mid 90s
Isn't It Ironic, or just, Ironic