literary tems

Question 1

genre

Answer 1

the category or class to which a literary work belongs

Question 2

denotation/denotative meaning

Answer 2

exact, literal meaning

Question 3

connotation/connotative meaning

Answer 3

suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word, beyond its literal definition

Question 4

stanza

Answer 4

a division of lines into equal groups

Question 5

narrative

Answer 5

tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

Question 6

sensory details

Answer 6

language that appeals to one or more of the five senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell

Question 7

figurative language

Answer 7

is language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true and it is used for effect, such as with personification, simile, metaphor, and hyperbole

Question 8

personification

Answer 8

a kind of metaphor that gives objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Question 9

characterization

Answer 9

the methods a writer uses to develop characters; for example, through description, actions, and dialogue

Question 10

myth

Answer 10

traditional stories that explain beliefs, customs, or natural phenomenon through the actions of gods or heroes

Question 11

theme

Answer 11

the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work

Question 12

plot

Answer 12

the sequence of

related events that make

up a story

Question 13

setting

Answer 13

the time and the place in which a narrative occurs

Question 14

conflict

Answer 14

the character struggles with his or her own needs,

desires, or emotions

Question 15

rising action

Answer 15

major events that develop the plot of a story

and lead to the climax

Question 16

climax

Answer 16

the turning point or the high point of a story

Question 17

resolution

Answer 17

the outcome of the conflict of a story, when loose

ends are wrapped up

Question 18

symbol

Answer 18

an object, a

person, or a place that stands

for something else

Question 19

symbolism

Answer 19

the use of symbols in a

literary work

Question 20

expository writing

Answer 20

a form

of writing whose purpose is

to explain or inform

Question 21

documentary film

Answer 21

a

nonfiction motion picture

intended to document, or

record, some aspect of real

life, primarily for the purposes

of instruction or maintaining a

historical record

Question 22

rhetoric

Answer 22

the language a

writer or speaker uses to

persuade an audience