Literary & Resource Sound Flashcards
A character or group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.
Antagonist
A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.
Connotation
Literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
Denotation
interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background of context to the current events of a narrative.
Flashback
A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
Mood
The events that make up a story or the main part of a story.
Plot
The mode of narration that an author employs to let the reader “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story.
Point of View
Involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “We.”
First Person Point of View
Employs the pronoun “You.”
Second Person Point of View
Uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” or a name.
Third Person Point of View
The central character or leader figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any any other story.
Protagonist
The author’s own unique way of writing.
Style
An object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
Symbol/Symbolism
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literature work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
Theme
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
Tone
The repetition of the same sound occuring at the beginning of words close together in a line or series.
Alliteration
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines.
Anaphora
Is the use of informal words and phrases in a piece of writing.
Colloquialism
The language used by the people from a specific area, class, or other group.
Dialect
A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, like a sound effect.
Onomatopoeia
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.
Parallelism
Two opposite ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.
Antithesis
A means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader.
Ethos
A statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.
Logos
A method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response.
Pathos
