Litrary Terms Flashcards
A written account of another persons life written by someone else
Biography
A similarity or comparability
Analogy
Why the character acts, feels or thinks a certain way
Character motivation
A scene from an earlier time that interrupts the ongoing action of a story
Flashback
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s five senses.
Imagery
The most important idea in a paragraph or essay.
Main idea
Perspective from which a story is told to the reader
Point of view
Comparisons that use like or as
Simile
The authors attitude toward the subject
Tone
The feeling the work conveys for the reader
Mood
The reason the author has written the piece
Authors purpose
Consists of the characters motivation, comparison and portrayal or description
Characterization
The idea of relating the content of a story to one’s knowledge/ experience
Connect
To give a glimpse of what may happen in the future
Foreshadow
Contradiction between what is expected and what happens
Irony
Comparison that does not use like or as
Metaphor
Time, location, and cultural customs in which the action occurs
Setting
Message, moral or meaning that a literary work communicates
Theme
Expression whose meaning is different from the literal sense of the words
Idiom
The events of the story
Plot
Struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
The main character or hero of a story
Protagonist
When you ask about the events of the story
Question
When you try to figure out what happens next
Predict
