Quater 1 Literary Terms Flashcards
antagonist
A person who is opposed to
Setting
The surroundings or environment of anything.
Plot
Also called the story line
Exposition
The act of expounding, set forth, or explains: the exposition of a point of view.
Rising action
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that builds towards the point of greatest interest.
Climax
The highest or most interesting part in the development or resolution of something
Denouement
: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
1st person
First person narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the story is narrated by one character at a time.
Third person limited
: Focussing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character.
Third person omniscient
In third person omniscient, the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.
Conflict
: a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Round character
A character with detail
Flat
A character with not very much detail.
Static character
A character who does not grow or develop
Dynamic character
A literary or dynamic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality of character.
Direct characterization
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
Indirect characterization
when the narrator shows the reader something about the character through the character’s actions, things the character says, or things other characters say.
Tone
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
Theme
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Symbol
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Dialect
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Foreshadow
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
Irony
the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Dramatic irony
Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
Verbal irony
irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning
Situational irony
irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
Pun
A play on words
Alliteration
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
Figurative language
Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Implied Metaphor
An implied metaphor is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but it does so without mentioning one of them.
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Speaker
A person who speaks
Stanza
A group of lines forming the basic recurring unit in a poem; A VERSE
Protagonist
The leading character
