Literary Terms Study Pages 4

Question 1

What is Protagonist

Answer 1

The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other

Question 2

What is Antagonist

Answer 2

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

Question 3

Secondary Characters

Answer 3

any character that is not a main character

Question 4

Dynamic Character

Answer 4

A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change

Question 5

Static Character

Answer 5

A literary or dramatic character who undergoes LITTLE or NO INNER CHANGE

Question 6

What is Irony

Answer 6

the contrast between what is and what should be

Question 7

Dramatic Irony

Answer 7

The audience knows or understands something that the character or characters do not

Question 8

Situational Irony

Answer 8

The result of an action is the reverse of what is expected. The reader is just as surprised as the characters

Question 9

Verbal Irony

Answer 9

The contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant. Know as SARCASM

Question 10

What is personification

Answer 10

inanimate objects take on human characteristics

Question 11

What is Anthropomorphism

Answer 11

giving animals human qualities

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What is Metaphor

Answer 12

comparing two things without “like or as”

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Simile

Answer 13

comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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Extended Metaphor

Answer 14

A metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it

Question 15

What is 1st person

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the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters, uses “I”

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What is 2nd person

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the narrator addresses the reader, uses you

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3rd person

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the narrator is not part of the story and does not know what the characters think and feel, uses he, she, they, them

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3rd person limited

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the narrator is outside the story but reveals the thoughts of only one character

Question 19

3rd person omniscient

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the narrator is outside the story and knows all the characters thoughts, feelings, why they act the way they do, can reveal any or all events

Question 20

Imagery

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The picture that forms in the reader’s mind as they read- a thing, a place, or an experience

Question 21

Allegory

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Story or poem in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. EX: Animal farm, Dante’s Inferno, Lord of the Flies

Question 22

Internal Characterization

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the characteristics one cannot see, things like personality

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Indirect characterization

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The author shows the reader through actions, thoughts, words and by how other characters react toward another character

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External Characterization

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the characteristics one can see

Question 25

Idiom

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an expression that has a figurative meaning that is completely different from its literal meaning EX: it's raining tacos

Question 25

Allusion

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making a reference to literature, art, history, or pop culture

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Biblical Allusion

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a reference to a character or story in the Bible

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Symbolism

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when something or someone represents something or someone else

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Plot

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the main events of the story

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Setting

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the time and the place of the story

Question 29

Denouement

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the “tying together” of the plot

Question 30

Resolution

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the end of the story

Question 31

Oxymoron

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combining two things that do not go together EX: Pretty ugly

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Internal Conflict

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a conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings or goals

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External Conflict

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a conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force

Question 34

Foil

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A character who acts as a contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero

Question 35

Stereotype

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traits, characteristics, and mannerisms supposedly shared by all members of a group

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Parody

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a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

Question 38

Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. "if you don't drive properly, you will lose your wheels" AKA u going to lose the car.

Question 39

Parody

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A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style