Literary terms & Sound devices

Question 1

A character or a group of characters which stand in opposition or the main character.

Answer 1

Antagonist

Question 2

A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

Answer 2

Connotation

Question 3

Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative. By using flashbacks, writes allow their readers to gain insight into a character’s motivation and provide a background to a current conflict. Dream sequences and memories are methods used to present flashbacks.

Answer 3

Flashbacks

Question 4

A writer gives an advacne hint of what is to come later in the story.

Answer 4

Foreshadowing

Question 5

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Answer 5

Inference

Question 6

A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Mood is the atmosphere, sparking an emotional response from the reader. (Tone is controlled by the write; mood is felt by the reader)

Answer 6

Mood

Question 7

The events that make up a story or main part of a story. Consists of the exposition (beginning), inciting, conflict, rising action, climax, and the resolution (or denouement).

Answer 7

Plot

Question 8

The mode of narration that an author employs to let the reader “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay, etc.
1) First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we.”
2) Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you.”
3) Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” “it,” and “they.”

Answer 8

Point of View

Question 9

The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.

Answer 9

Protagonist

Question 10

The author’s own unique way of writing.

Answer 10

Style

Question 11

An object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.

Answer 11

Symbol/Symbolism

Question 12

A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.

Answer 12

Theme

Question 13

An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

Answer 13

Tone

Question 14

The repetition of the same sound occurring at the beginning of words close together in a line r series. (Ex: Slowly clopped through the sludge)

Answer 14

Alliteration

Question 14

The repetition of the same sound occurring at the beginning of words close together in a line or series. (Ex: Slowly clopped through the sludge)

Answer 14

Alliteration

Question 15

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines. (Ex: We are/ The youth of the nation)

Answer 15

Anaphora

Question 16

Is the use of informal words and phrases in a piece of writing. Colloquial usage is conversational and may include regional dialect, vernacular, and slang. (Ex: Y’all, ain’t, lit; entire works can be classified as colloquial, such as The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Answer 16

Colloquialism

Question 17

The language used by the people from a specific area, class, or other group. (Ex: You making’ fun o’me agin, Mr. Finch?” Mayella Ewell from to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)

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Dialect

Question 18

A word which imitates the natural sound of a thing, like a sound effect. Any word or words that help the reader HEAR the sounds or examples of onomatopoeia. (Ex: A gushing stream; whispering voices; murmuring; clacking and clicks on the store)

Answer 18

Onomatopoeia

Question 19

The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. (Ex: Like father, like son; To err is a human; to forgive divine.)

Answer 19

Parallelism