Literary Terms 2 Flashcards
A one-dimensional character, often revealing a single personal quality and staying the same throughout the story
Flat character
A fully developed character who is complex, revealing several sides his/her personality and growing and changing as the story progresses
Round character
A character who opposes the main character
Antagonist
The main character in a story
Protagonist
The time and place where a piece of literature occurs
Setting
The sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or play
Plot
He vantage point from which the narrative is told
Point of view
The story is being told by one of the characters n his or her own words
First person point of view
The narrator is not a character in the story, but is telling about the characters in the story
Third person point of view
The narrator only focuses on one character
Third person limited
Narrator focuses on all of the characters
Third person omniscient
A general idea or insight on life that the author wishes to convey in a lit work
Theme
A terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation on life
Aphorism
A book of months and days of the year,weather predictions, miscellaneous info, and proverbs
Almanac
A short, often biblical, saying that expresses a basic truth
Proverb
An inscription on a tombstone or a short poem written in someone’s memory
Epitaph
A question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer
Rhetorical question
He use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or meaning
Parallelism
Repetition of words, sounds or phrases for effect
A sound device in poetry
Repetition
A person, animal, or thing that appears in a lit work.
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