EH1-Unit1 Test Flashcards
Language used to appeal to the five sense (touch, taste, smell,
hearing,sight)
Imagery
When a tangible thing (object, person, place) is used to represent
something intangible
Symbol
How the author develops characters by describing him or her
physically, mentally, emotionally, and gives them their personalities
Characterization
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
Hyperbole
action The process the story follows as it builds to its main conflict
Rising action
Location and time which the literary work takes place
Setting
The repetition of the 1st consonant sound of the words
Alliteration
The author’s attitude toward the subject of the literary work
Tone
In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
Anaphora
The good guy in a story
Protagonists
The bad guy in a story
Antagonist
a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole,
or it may use a whole to represent a part
Synecdoche
The type or category to which a literary work belongs
Genere
Reader is given background information about the setting, characters,
and relationships in order to better understand the plot of the literary
work
Exposition
The main idea or underlying meaning explored by a literary work
Theme
Returning to an earlier point in the story to make the present easier to
understand
Flashback
A reference to something well-known that exists outside of the
literary work
Allusion
Any person, animal, or object that plays a role within a literary work
Character
Words whose actual sound imitates its meaning
Onomatopoeia
Using hints within the reading to show what is to come in the literary
work
Foreshadowing
A phrase that consists of two words that have opposite meanings
Oxymoron
When something unexpected happens, different events than what was
predicted
Irony
Giving non-human objects human characteristics
Personification
The problem that occurs between two characters in a literary work
Conflict
Speaking between characters in a literary work
Dialogue
A direct comparison of two different things
Metaphor
Word choice used to create a specific effect in a literary work
Diction
Part in a literary work when loose ends are tied up and questions are
answered
Resolution
an intentional use of understatement that renders an ironic effect
Litotes
The repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or line
Assonance
the word we use to describe another thing is closely linked to that
particular thing, but is not a part of it
Metonymy
The part in a literary work at which the conflict comes to its highest
point
Climax
A comparison of two different things using “like” or
“as”
Simily
repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase
Consonance
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not
deducible from those of the individual words
Idiom
The perspective the literary work is told
Point of view
