Lit Terms Flashcards
Word choice or words
Diction
Over-exaggeration
Hyperbole
Type of imagery that relates to taste
Gustatory imagery
A comparison not using the words like or as
Metaphor
The development of a character or multiple characters
Characterization
The central message in a text
Theme
Opposites
Antithesis
Words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
Type of imagery that relates to touch
Tactile imagery
What we think of when we hear a word
Connotation
Type of irony when the reader or audience knows more than the characters
Dramatic irony
 Time and place
Setting
Internal and external
Conflict
Category or type
Genre
The repetition of consonant sounds in words or phrases
Alliteration
The way in which words are put together to make sentences or paragraphs
Syntax
A comparison using the words like or as
Simile
When the text or character refers to an event which already occurred
Flashback
Type of irony known as sarcasm
Verbal irony
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
Personification
Type of imagery that relates to hearing
Auditory imagery
When the weather mimics the mood
Pathetic fallacy
Placing two things side-by-side for an effect
Juxtaposition
The feeling created (Often by the setting)
Mood
Type of imagery that relates to seeing
Visual imagery
Distinctive characteristics
Style
Repetition of vowel sounds in words or phrases
Assonance
When the text offers clues to what might come in the future
Foreshadowing
Type of imagery that relates to smelling
Olfactory imagery
Type of irony when there is a plot twist
Situational irony
Start
Exposition
Turning point in a story
Climax
End
Denouement
