Final Lit Terms Review

A reference to something famous or popular: person, place, music, art, literature, historical event, etc.

A contrast between appearance and reality

The repetition of consonant sounds within two or more words

The arrangement of words in a sentence

The repetition of vowel sounds within two or more words

When a speaker appeals to the audiences' emotions/sympathies

Word choice, or the style of speaking that an author chooses to express ideas

A variation of a standard language spoken in a specific region

An earlier event inserted into the chronological sequence of the story

Combines opposite or contradictory ideas in a juxtaposition

The overall feeling created in the reader of a literary work

When a speaker builds credibility/trust with the audience by appealing to shared values

The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem

Sequence of events as they unfold in a story

Using like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things

Author uses humor to expose or make fun of common human behaviors seen as wrong, outdated, silly, or even harmful

a direct comparison of two unlike things

When a character provides a strong contrast to another character, usually the main character

Underlying meanings that are associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition

An object, person, or experience represents something abstract

Methods an author uses to reveal a character's personality

A type of literature in which characters and events symbolically express a deeper meaning

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

A pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables

When a speaker presents clear, rational ideas and logical thinking

Author's attitude conveyed through word choice, rhythm, sentence structure, and figures of speech

Repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more words

Main idea or message

A short comment made by a character that is meant to be heard by the audience or another character

Great exaggeration is used for emphasis or humorous effect

A person or force that opposes the protagonist

An individual in a literary work

the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

Conversation between two or more characters

A group of lines forming a unit in a song or poem

Narrator's perspective or relationship to the events happening in the story

A humorous play on words

A long, solo speech (monologue) that reveals a character's inner-most thoughts and emotions in a play

Main character (whom the main conflict revolves around)

Author uses descriptive, sensory details to create "word pictures" in the mind

Repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words

Words that imitate the sounds they describe

Hints or clues to upcoming events in the story