Literary Terms/Techniques

Question 1

Foreshadowing

Answer 1

Author hints certain plot developments that may happen later in the story.

Question 2

Stream of Conscience

Answer 2

The continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind. Allows readers to experience a sense of uncertainty and feel what the character is experiencing.

Question 3

Fragmentation

Answer 3

Literary techniques that break up the text or narrative. Also an incomplete piece of literature.

Question 4

Symbolism

Answer 4

Representing or investing an object, action, or idea with a symbolic meaning or character. It also makes things more meaningful and not quite clear.

Question 5

Implied Themes

Answer 5

An indirect message, which the writer does not tell the readers what the bigger theme is which makes the reader interpret what the “bigger theme” is about.

Question 6

Meta-fiction

Answer 6

Fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as fiction in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. Metafiction allows the reader to feel emotions by the contrast between reality and fiction. Examples: a story within a story

Question 7

Free Verse Poetry

Answer 7

Follows no format or rhyme.

Question 8

Types of Conflicts

Answer 8

man versus man
man versus himself
man versus nature
man versus society

Question 9

LCEAF Structure

Answer 9

Lead, Clarifier, Example, Analysis, Finish

Question 10

Allegory

Answer 10

A form of extended metaphor in which objects, characters, and actions represent abstract ideas
Two levels of meaning: 1) Literal 2) Symbolic

Question 11

Protagonist

Answer 11

The main character who changes throughout the story; the protagonist is directly affected by the events of the plot.

Question 12

Antagonist

Answer 12

The main character in opposition to the protagonist; the antagonist usually causes the protagonist’s problems. The antagonist can also be a force of nature.

Question 13

Round Characters

Answer 13

Characters are complicated and interesting to the reader.

Question 14

Flat Characters

Answer 14

Characters are simple and undeveloped.

Question 15

Dynamic Characters

Answer 15

Characters who grow or change emotionally or learn a lesson.

Question 16

Static Characters

Answer 16

Characters that change or grow very little (or not at all) throughout the story.

Question 17

Direct Characterization

Answer 17

When the author or narrator tells the reader what a character is like.

Question 18

Indirect Characterization

Answer 18

When the author gives information about a character and allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about that character. Two ways we can learn about a character: 1) the character’s own thoughts, feelings, and actions 2) what other characters say or feel, or how they act towards another character

Question 19

Dialogue

Answer 19

It develops characters; the reader experiences the character’s personality through how they speak. It creates setting through regional characteristics (dialect…). It gradually reveals important informaiton about the plot and conflicts without disturbing the momentum. It generates an impression of reality.

Question 20

Foils

Answer 20

Two characters who contrast one another to such a degree that, when paired, exaggerate the qualities of the other.