Litrary Vocab

Question 1

Persona

Answer 1

Mask or voice assumed by a writer

Question 2

1st person narrator

Answer 2

One of the characters is telling the story, uses the pronoun ‘I’

Question 3

Unreliable narrator

Answer 3

Narrator who only tells part of the story, or leaves some parts out

Question 4

3rd person limited point of view

Answer 4

The narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on thoughts and feelings of just one character

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

A story’s atmosphere or feeling it evokes

Question 6

Theme

Answer 6

Central idea of a work of literature

Question 7

Voice

Answer 7

Writer or speaker distinctive use if language in a text

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

Question 9

Tone

Answer 9

Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, character, or the audience

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

Contrast between expectation and reality- between what is said and what is really done

Question 11

Foreshadow

Answer 11

It the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot

Question 12

Conflict

Answer 12

Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces