All lit terms Flashcards
Protaganist
Main character
Antagonist
The enemy or force opposing the main character
Setting
When and where a story happens
Plot
a. Exposition
b. Rising Action
c. Climax
d. Denouement
a. Introduction to main characters
b. Conflict and tension builds
c. Turning point; most intense
d. Resolution; how the story ends
Narration/Point of View
a. 1st Person
b. Third Limited
c. Third Omniscient
The perspective through which a story is told
a. The story is told by one of the characters; one at a time
b. The story is told by an outside narrator who only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
c. Story is told by outside narrator who knows the thoughts and feeling of all characters
Conflict
a. Internal
b. External
a. The main character struggles with itself
b. The struggle between the main character and another character or element
Flat and Round Characters
a. Flat
b. Round
a. Boring
b. Interesting
Static and Dynamic Characters
a. Goes through NO internal change
b. Has a major internal change
Direct Characterization
The process where a personality of a character is revealed through adjectives and phrases
Indirect Characteriation
Character is revealed through dialogue, actions or appearance
Tone
General attitude about a place or situation
Theme
The subject of a piece of writing
Symbol
An object that represents something else
Allusion
A reference to something in writing
Dialect
A particular form of a language that is specific to a region
Foreshadow
Indication of a future event
Irony
a. Dramatic
b. Verbal
c. Situational
a. The audience is aware of things the character is not
b. A person writes one thing down and means another
c. Actions have opposite of what was intended
Pun
Humor of a word to emphasize its different meanings
Aliteration
Same sound at the beginnings of multiple words
Figurative Language
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Implied Metaphor
a. A figure of speech where something is applied in order to suggest resemblance
b. Figure of speech used to make a description better, uses like or as
c. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
d. Compares to things without mentioning one of them
Imagery
Visual and descriptive language
Onomatopoeia
Word that is associated with a sound
Speaker
A narrative voice that is not the author
Stanza
A grouped set of lines in a poem
