Literature terms
Vocabulary
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Literature Terms
Vocabulary
100

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.

What is a Simile?

100

Intense suffering

What is AGONY?

100

The emotional quality in a piece of literature.

What is Mood?

100

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

What is the Protagonist?

100

Tied

What is BOUND?

200

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

What is Symbolism?

200

To enclose or surround

What is ENVELOP?

200

Self-denying; strictly self-disciplined

What is ASCETIC?

200

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures or images in the reader’s mind.

What is Imagery?

200

 A shock; violent jolt from impact

What is a CONCUSSION?

300

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

What is Alliteration?

300

To lay siege to, by surrounding with troops

What is BELEAGUER?

300

To retreat; to draw back

What is RECOIL?

300

The underlying message the writer would like to get across.The central idea of the story.

What is Theme?

300

A trick; an action intended to create a false impression in order to  mislead

What is RUSE?

400

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

What is Personification?

400

Someone who gives information against others for reward

What is INFORMER?

400

To turn away in disgust or shock

What is REVOLT?

400

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

What is Antagonist?

400

A person excessively and unreasonably devoted to a cause or belief

What is FANATIC?

500

A surprising ending.

What is Denouement?

500

On a tank, a rotating structure with mounted guns

What is TURRET?

500

To feel unsteady or dizzy

What is REEL?

500

The appearance of reality in fiction.

What is Versimilitude?

500

A low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony

What is PARAPET?