Literary Terms Flashcards
Antagonist
A charged tee or force in conflict with the main character of a literary work
Character
A person or animal that takes part in the action
Flat character
One sided and often stereotypical
Round character
Fully developed and exhibits many traits, often both faults and virtues
Dynamic character
One who changes or grows during the course of the book
Static character
One who doesn’t change
Major character
Most important in story
Minor character
One who takes part in the action but is not the main focus
Conflict
Struggle between two opposing forces
- person vs person
- person vs self
- person vs society
- person vs nature
Dialogue
A conversation between characters that’s set off by quotation marks to indicate the speakers exact words
Dialect
Features unique to the way a person speaks
Genre
Types of literature
Irony
Conveys meaning that is opposite to what you are expecting
Protagonist
Main character in literary works
Stanzas
Groups of lines in poetry
Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
