Literary Terms Flashcards
A state of feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainly about what may happen.
Suspense
An indirect reference to a famous person,place,event,or literary work.
Allusion
A writers use of hints that will occur later on in the story.
Foreshadowing
An account of conversation an episode or an event that happened before the beginning of the story.
Flashback
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
Simile
A figure of speech/ comparison not using “like” or “as”
Metaphor
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
Irony
An over exaggeration
Hyperbole
Giving human like qualities to non human things.
Personification
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Imagery
The time and place of the action of a story.
Setting
A character who provides a striking contrast to another character. Writer can call attention to certain traits possessed by a main character by contrast.
Foil
Tension between two or more characters.
Conflict
The subject of talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Theme
A person, place, object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself.
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