Lit Terms Flashcards
What does the Word ALLUSION mean
Reference to a statement
What does the Word ANALOGY mean
Comparison made
What does the Word ANTAGONIST mean
Someone who opposes the main character
What does the Word CLIMAX mean
Moment of great emotional intensity
What does the Word CONFLICT mean
Struggle or clash between characters
What does the Word PUN mean
Play on multiple meanings
What does the Word Personification mean
When a nonhuman thing gets human characteristics
What does the Word SIMALIE mean
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What does the Word DICTATION mean
A writers or speakers choice of words
What does the Word DRAMATIC IRONY mean
The expression of ones meaning
What does the Word SYMBOL mean
Person, place , or thing that stands for
What does the Word SUSPENCE mean
Uncertainty or anxiety the reader has when reading
What does the Word THEME mean
Central idea of a work of Literature
What does the Word VERBAL IRONY MEAN
Expressing ones meaning thru language
What does the Word MOTIF mean
A distinctive feature about someone
What does the Word FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE mean
Departing from a literal sense of words
What does the Word FORESHADOWING mean
Use of clues to hint at events
What does the Word DIRECT/INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION mean
Describe someone’s character
What does the Word TONE mean
Attitude a writer takes toward a subject
What does the Word IRONY mean
Contrast between expectation and reality
What does the Word METAPHOR mean
Figurative speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
What does the Word PROTAGONIST mean
Main character in a fiction or drama
What does the Word DIFFERNENT POINTS OF VIEW mean
Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
