Spring Exam Terms: English 3

A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

The moment of highest intensity and interest; the most exciting part of a story, turning point

Setting is...

Language that cannot be taken literally since it is written to create a special effect.

A character's struggle against an outside force

A character who changes significantly in the story

Logos is...

A device that hints at coming events to build suspense is...

Paragraph in poetry is a...

Pathos is...

Repetition of consonant or vowel sounds

Ethos is...

The author's attitude expressed toward something in literature...

A reference to another commonly known event, literature (often the bible), movie, person, is…

When the outcome of an event is the opposite of expectations

A word that imitates the sound it represents

Pattern of rhyming words in a poem (AA, BB, AA, BB...)

When a person says the opposite of what is meant, like sarcasm

How the reader feels about the text while reading...

A story that has been passed down from generation to generation about how the world was created

Character who does not change throughout the events of a story

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared...

Description that appeals to the five senses...

The central idea of a work of literature is known as the...

Giving an object human-like qualities

Exaggeration

When the reader or audience knows something important that the character does not know

The character or force that opposes the main character

What figurative language is used in myths when animals help the humans create the world?