Terms Flashcards
Conflict:
A struggle between opposing forces
POV:
The vantage point from which the story will be told from
Flashback:
A scene set in an earlier time before the main story
Foreshadowing:
Hints or clues as to what will happen later on in the story
Unreliable Narrator:
A narrator who’s credibility is compromised
Irony:
A contrast between what appears to be true and what is really true between expectation and reality
Plot:
A series of events that make up a literary work
Theme:
The central idea/message of a literary work
Setting:
The time and place of a literary work
Symbol:
An object, person, place, or action that has a hidden meaning behind it
Internal Conflict:
A conflict that takes place in the mind
External Conflict:
A conflict that takes place in the world
Narrator:
A person who delivers a commentary accompanying a movie, broadcast, piece of music, etc
Direct Characterization:
When the author directly states what a character is like
Indirect Characterization:
When an author does not directly state what a character is like but reveals it through actions, thoughts, feelings, or interactions
Character:
Person, animal, or things in a literary work
Metaphor:
A direct comparison of two unlike things where one becomes the other thing
Onomatopoeia:
Words that imitate sounds
Personification:
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is given humanoid characteristics
Simile:
A comparison of two unlike things g using like or as
Tone:
The writer’s attitude towards a subject, character, or audience
Hyperbole:
A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
Protagonist:
The central character, around which the plot is centered
Antagonist:
The obstacle in the way of the protagonist
