literary terms

Question 1

Brusque

Answer 1

slightly rude in speech or manner

Question 2

theme

Answer 2

an insight about human life thats revealed in a literary work​

-theme is rarely directly stated by the author ​

-good literature-many possible, provable themes​

-theme is never one word

Question 3

use it’s for

Answer 3

for it is or it has

Question 4

use its for

Answer 4

posession

Question 5

hone

Answer 5

to make pointed

Question 6

protagonists

Answer 6

main characters the one who the reader roots for

Question 7

antagonists

Answer 7

the opponent against the protagonists, the one who blocks the protagonists​

Question 8

use Allusion

Answer 8

another piece of work

Question 9

use Illusion

Answer 9

trick or the eye

Question 10

espouse

Answer 10

to support

Question 11

anti-hero

Answer 11

when the protagonists is actually a villian of the story , but we empathize anyway

Question 12

odious

Answer 12

unpleasant

Question 13

foil

Answer 13

a character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character

Question 14

use all together

Answer 14

in a group

Question 15

use Altogether

Answer 15

completely entirely

Question 16

posterity

Answer 16

future generations

Question 17

point of view / narration

Answer 17

The vantge point from which a story is told ​

4 types: ​

First person-uses”I” ​

3rd person limited : Focus on one character only ​

3rd person ominiscent : all knowing ​

3rd person objective: journalistic/no inner thoughts

Question 18

rhetoric

Answer 18

A method developed by Aristotle to always win an argument. Strive to include all three of the following in your argument. ​

1)Ethos; your credibility ​

2)Pathos; touching the reader’s emotions ​

3)Logos; using local arguments/facts to prove a point

Question 19

use waive

Answer 19

mean to voluntarily relinquish or ignore

Question 20

use wave

Answer 20

As a verb, means to move back and forth. As a noun it means to surge

Question 21

tone

Answer 21

narrators attitude toward character

Question 22

mood

Answer 22

climate of literary work

Question 23

use discreet

Answer 23

for guarded, quiet, or careful

Question 24

use discrete

Answer 24

for seperate or individual

Question 25

saccharine

Answer 25

artificially sweet

Question 26

archetype

Answer 26

Original model of a person, a perfect example, or prototype upon which others are copied​

Question 27

use everyday

Answer 27

Common place or routine

Question 28

use every day

Answer 28

Mean each day ​

Question 29

aloof

Answer 29

emotionally uninvolved

Question 30

the D’s

Answer 30

Diction- words a writer chooses, enunciation of words ​

Dialect – particular way of speaking that is unique to a social class of region​

Dialogue-Words a character in a story speaks, fancy word for discussion

Question 31

use compliment

Answer 31

flattery

Question 32

use complement

Answer 32

goes well together

Question 33

transverse

Answer 33

to travel across or through
syn; cross/trek
ant; stay/sit

Question 34

Figurative language – not literal

Answer 34

Figure of speech : word or phrase that describes one thing In terms of another; not literal ​

Idiom- a popular figure of speech; almost always overused or cliché ​

Question 35

use “imply”

Answer 35

to hint at something

Question 36

Use “infer”

Answer 36

to make an educated guess