The end of the story where final outcome is revealed and loose ends are resolved.

Resolution/Falling Action/Denouement.

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Literary Terms

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1
Writing meant to convince others of your view or to have them do something you want them to do.
Expository
Persuasive
Tall Tales
Satire
2
Verbal irony meant to hurt another person.
Pun
Verbal Irony
Satire
Sarcasm
3
Short poem, expresses thoughts in deep emotional terms.
Sonnet
Ballad
Lyric Poem
Pastoral
4
A conflict within a single character. Battling ones own feelings.
Protagonist
Internal Conflict/Man vs. Self
External Conflict
Main Character
5
A single statement, tells what the writing is about or it's intended purpose.
Theme
Conflict
Plot
Main Idea/Main Purpose
6
The end of the story where final outcome is revealed and loose ends are resolved.
Resolution/Falling Action/Denouement.
Theme
Plot
Exposition
7
Direct comparison of two things.
Similie
Analogy
Metaphor
Imagery
8
The author's message in respect to humanity in general. Includes good vs. evil, hope, freedom.
Theme
Exposition
Main Idea/Main Purpose
Plot
9
The hero (or main character) of a story.
Flat/Static Character
Antagonist
Protagonist
Narrator/Narration
10
Who is telling the story.
Narrator/Narration
Minor Character
Protagonist
Main Character
11
Writing that informs, explains, or describes something.
Persuasive
Exposition
Expository
Functional Documents
12
Words that inspire strong emotions.
Loaded Language
Hyperbole
Caesura
Free Verse
13
Made up story set in a real time period.
Legends
Historical Fiction
Biography
Mystery
14
Serves a purpose, such as a menu or manual.
Persuasive
Sonnet
Ballad
Functional Documents
15
Most common meter, contains 5 beats per line.
Iambic Pentameter
Stanza
Meter
End Rhyme
16
To go "back in time" within a story to provide info.
Aside
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
Caesura
17
Say one thing but mean the opposite.
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Verbal Irony
18
Narrator is in the story and uses "I" form.
2nd Person
1st Person
3rd Person
Monologue/Soliloquy
19
Compares two things in several ways.
Allegory
Irony
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
20
A group of lines that form a unit in a poem.
Meter
Stanza
Free Verse
Couplets
21
Groups of four lines in a poem.
Couplets
Blank Verse
Quatrain
Stanza
22
Readers know more than the characters.
Extended Metaphor
Aside
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
23
The pattern or flow of sound created in poetry.
Rhythm
Structure
Alliteration
Rhyme
24
14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter
Ballad
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnet
Blank Verse
25
The sequence (order) of actions or events in a story.
Exposition
Climax
Plot
Setting
26
Humorous play, usually with a happy ending.
Comedy
Fantasy
Sonnet
Epic Poem
27
When a character speaks to the audience in a play without the other characters knowledge.
Characterization
Free Verse
Aside
Internal Monologue
28
A short version of a longer written piece.
Plot
Setting
Summary/Summarize
Theme
29
Characters reason for doing something.
Characterization
Motive/Motivation
Internal Monologue
Internal Conflict
30
The repetition of a regular rhythm unit throughout a poem.
Blank Verse
Stanza
Irony
Meter
31
True story of someone's life by another person.
Biography
Autobiography
Historical Fiction
Gothic
32
Poetry written in iambic pentameter but no rhyme.
Alliteration
Free Verse
Couplets
Blank Verse
33
Character with opposite traits used to emphasize the traits of the main character.
Aside
Foil
Couplets
Assonance
34
The contrast (difference) between appearance and reality.
Paradox
Analogy
Irony
Oxymoron
35
Time and place where a story occurs.
Mood
Exposition
Setting
Plot
36
A pause or break for emphasis in a line of poetry.
Irony
Stanza
Caesura
Couplets
37
Hints or clues of what will happen in a story.
Foreshadowing
Summary/Summarize
Flashbacks
Foil
38
A word or part of a sentence (the beginning) repeated.
Allegory
Anaphora
Alliteration
Similie
39
Organized written or spoken words without rythym.(fiction, non-fiction, drama, no poetry)
Folk Tales
Prose
Parody
Expository
40
A conflict of a character against outside forces.
Climax
External Conflict
Internal conflict/Man vs. Self
Internal Monologue
41
Exaggerated comedy with ridiculous situations, mixed up identities, and lots of wordplay.
Mystery
Farce
Satire
Parody
42
Made up story, not true.
Fiction
Expository
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Drama
43
Perspective in which a story is told.
Narrator/Narration
Main Character
Setting
Point of View
44
One person talking to himself.
1st Person
Point of view
2nd Person
Monologue/Soliloquy
45
Imitates someone else's writing style, for criticism or humor.
Farce
Parody
Prose
Satire
46
Used to explain something in the world.
Expository
Tall Tales
Myth
Persuasive
47
Using one thing to represent another. (Ex. flag:freedom)
Imagery
Caesura
Symbolism
Irony
48
Stories with unreal aspects such as talking animals or magic.
Prose
Fantasy
Farce
Parables/Fables
49
Words that imitate sounds. (Ex. pop, crack)
Pun
Loaded Language
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
50
An object or animal possesses human qualities.
Situational Irony
Imagery
Pun
Personification
51
Types of literary works (fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry).
Parables/Fables
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Genre
Prose
52
Language that appeals to our five senses.
Allegory
Symbolism
Imagery
Connotation
53
Story set in countryside with a peaceful setting.
Fantasy
Parables/Fables
Pastoral
Ballad
54
Techniques used to develop characters in stories.
Imagery
Structure
Aside
Characterization
55
Two rhyming lines grouped together in a poem.
Meter
Stanza
Quatrain
Couplets
56
Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal (dictionary) meaning of the words used.
Structure
Caesura
Rhythm
Figurative Language
57
Writing used to honor someone who has passed.
Pastoral
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Biography
Tragedy
58
Poetry that does not have rhyme and meter patterns.
Epic Poem
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Lyric Poem
59
Changes and grows throughout the story.
Flat/Static Character
Minor Character
Foil
Round/Dynamic Character
60
Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.
Analogy
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Similie
61
Story centers on this character(s).
Main Character
Motive/Motivation
Minor Character
Narrator/Narration
62
Dark fiction focused on odd characters and crazy situations.
Gothic
Tragedy
Drama
Mystery
63
High point of story (showdown) where conflict erupts.
Conflict
Structure
Climax
Resolution/Falling Action/Denouement.
64
Changes minimaly throughout the story.
Antagonist
Flat/Static Character
Round/Dynamic Character
Main Character
65
Type of folk tale, often exaggerated but considered true.
Satire
Gothic
Parody
Legends
66
The emotional response of a reader toward what they read.
External Conflict
Mood
Internal Conflict
Tone
67
A conflict between two or more characters.
Man vs. Man
Antagonist
Internal Conflict
Man vs. World
68
A point by point comparison of two things.
Consonance
Analogy
Imagery
Similie
69
Interacts with the main character, moves story along.
Minor Character
Aside
Flat/Static Character
Round/Dynamic Character
70
A conflict between character and society.
Internal Conflict
Man vs. Man
Minor Character
Man vs. World
71
Teaches a moral or lesson. They usually include animals.
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Fantasy
Pastoral
Parables/Fables
72
True story of someone's life written by that person.
Autobiography
Poetry
Biography
Expository
73
A statement that contradicts itself, but still has truth. (Ex. The beginning of the end.)
Pun
Oxymoron
Paradox
Assonance
74
How a poem is arranged.
Plot
Structure
Sonnet
Ballad
75
Narrator is outside the story, but can only focus on one characters thoughts and actions.
3rd Person Omniscient
Minor Character
1st Person
3rd Person Limited
76
Dictionary, or literal, meaning of words.
Denotation
Connotation
Consonance
Figurative Language
77
Story where foolish customs/ideas of a society are ridiculed for the purpose of improvement.
Parody
Farce
Comedy
Satire
78
The author's attitude/opinion toward his/her subject.
Persuasive
Tone
Mood
Sarcasm
79
Made up story set in outer space or the future.
Science Fiction
Tragedy
Parody
Myth
80
Rhyme that occurs in the same line of poetry.
End Rhyme
Blank Verse
Internal Rhyme
Caesura
81
Characters developed, conflicts increase.
Rising Action
Resolution/Fallin Action/Denouement
Conflict
Setting
82
Long, narrative formal poem centered around a hero.
Legends
Lyric Poem
Drama
Epic Poem
83
Where truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphor
Pun
84
The pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem.
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Allegory
Caesura
85
A play on words.
Pun
Sarcasm
Irony
Alliteration
86
Narrator directly adresses reader as "you".
Flashbacks
3rd Person
2nd Person
1st Person
87
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Analogy
Loaded Language
Irony
88
Narrator is "all knowing" and can see inside the minds of all the characters. Uses he/she form.
Foil
3rd Person Limited
Main Character
3rd Person Omniscient
89
Repetition of consonant sounds within words.
Oxymoron
Anaphora
Assonance
Consonanse
90
Writing based on fact, true.
Poetry
Genre
Exposition
Non-Fiction
91
Opposes the protagonist and provides conflict.
Protagonist
Man vs. Man
Round/Dynamic Character
Antagonist
92
Words that almost rhyme.
Free Verse
Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Near Rhyme/Off Rhyme/Slant Rhyme
93
Difference between what's expected to happen in a story and what really happens.
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
94
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Exposition
Climax
Protagonist
Conflict
95
Words/phrases for a specific situation, profession, or trade.
Structure
Figurative Language
Pun
Jargon
96
Narrative poem with repetition meant to be sung.
Ballad
Rhythm
Sonnet
Free Verse
97
The main character has a tragic flaw, or weakness, that leads to his eventual destruction.
Farce
Parody
Tragedy
Legends
98
American tales that rely on exaggeration
Satire
Farce
Tall Tales
Pastoral
99
Emotional response from a word.
Denotation
Drama
Connotation
Mood
100
Repetition of vowel sounds within words.
Consonance
Connotation
Assonance
Denotation
101
Story where people, objects, or events stand for ideas, such as a child representing innocence.
Allegory
Structure
Metaphor
Similie
102
Stories with a detective and puzzle that must be solved.
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Comedy
Drama
103
Similarity of sound between two words.
Rhyme
Loaded Language
Analogy
Rhythm
104
Brings together two contradictory terms. (Ex. wise fool)
Paradox
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Dramatic Irony
105
Rhyme that comes at the end of a line of poetry.
End Rhyme
Stanza
Rhyme Scheme
Meter
106
Mostly structured (arranged in lines), appeals to emotions and experiences.
Persuasive
Pastoral
Poetry
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
107
Plays that usually include an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events.
Gothic
Folk Tales
Drama
Poetry
108
Made up story that has feeling of being real.
Science Fiction
Farce
Parables/Fables
Realistic Fiction
109
A character's unspoken thoughts.
Internal Monologue
Aside
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
110
Simple stories passed down thru time by word of mouth.
Poetry
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Folk Tales
Fantasy
111
The positive or negative way you feel about a topic.
Tone
Attitude
Theme
Mood
112
Introduction, chracters and conflict are 'exposed'.
Exposition
Setting
Rising Action
Flashbacks

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Literary Terms

112 termsStudBud Administration27 plays

Over 100 literary terms to know

Flashcards112 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 112

Answers

1
Writing meant to convince others of your view or to have them do something you want them to do.
Expository
Persuasive
Tall Tales
Satire
2
Verbal irony meant to hurt another person.
Pun
Verbal Irony
Satire
Sarcasm
3
Short poem, expresses thoughts in deep emotional terms.
Sonnet
Ballad
Lyric Poem
Pastoral
4
A conflict within a single character. Battling ones own feelings.
Protagonist
Internal Conflict/Man vs. Self
External Conflict
Main Character
5
A single statement, tells what the writing is about or it's intended purpose.
Theme
Conflict
Plot
Main Idea/Main Purpose
6
The end of the story where final outcome is revealed and loose ends are resolved.
Resolution/Falling Action/Denouement.
Theme
Plot
Exposition
7
Direct comparison of two things.
Similie
Analogy
Metaphor
Imagery
8
The author's message in respect to humanity in general. Includes good vs. evil, hope, freedom.
Theme
Exposition
Main Idea/Main Purpose
Plot
9
The hero (or main character) of a story.
Flat/Static Character
Antagonist
Protagonist
Narrator/Narration
10
Who is telling the story.
Narrator/Narration
Minor Character
Protagonist
Main Character
11
Writing that informs, explains, or describes something.
Persuasive
Exposition
Expository
Functional Documents
12
Words that inspire strong emotions.
Loaded Language
Hyperbole
Caesura
Free Verse
13
Made up story set in a real time period.
Legends
Historical Fiction
Biography
Mystery
14
Serves a purpose, such as a menu or manual.
Persuasive
Sonnet
Ballad
Functional Documents
15
Most common meter, contains 5 beats per line.
Iambic Pentameter
Stanza
Meter
End Rhyme
16
To go "back in time" within a story to provide info.
Aside
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
Caesura
17
Say one thing but mean the opposite.
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Verbal Irony
18
Narrator is in the story and uses "I" form.
2nd Person
1st Person
3rd Person
Monologue/Soliloquy
19
Compares two things in several ways.
Allegory
Irony
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
20
A group of lines that form a unit in a poem.
Meter
Stanza
Free Verse
Couplets
21
Groups of four lines in a poem.
Couplets
Blank Verse
Quatrain
Stanza
22
Readers know more than the characters.
Extended Metaphor
Aside
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
23
The pattern or flow of sound created in poetry.
Rhythm
Structure
Alliteration
Rhyme
24
14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter
Ballad
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnet
Blank Verse
25
The sequence (order) of actions or events in a story.
Exposition
Climax
Plot
Setting
26
Humorous play, usually with a happy ending.
Comedy
Fantasy
Sonnet
Epic Poem
27
When a character speaks to the audience in a play without the other characters knowledge.
Characterization
Free Verse
Aside
Internal Monologue
28
A short version of a longer written piece.
Plot
Setting
Summary/Summarize
Theme
29
Characters reason for doing something.
Characterization
Motive/Motivation
Internal Monologue
Internal Conflict
30
The repetition of a regular rhythm unit throughout a poem.
Blank Verse
Stanza
Irony
Meter
31
True story of someone's life by another person.
Biography
Autobiography
Historical Fiction
Gothic
32
Poetry written in iambic pentameter but no rhyme.
Alliteration
Free Verse
Couplets
Blank Verse
33
Character with opposite traits used to emphasize the traits of the main character.
Aside
Foil
Couplets
Assonance
34
The contrast (difference) between appearance and reality.
Paradox
Analogy
Irony
Oxymoron
35
Time and place where a story occurs.
Mood
Exposition
Setting
Plot
36
A pause or break for emphasis in a line of poetry.
Irony
Stanza
Caesura
Couplets
37
Hints or clues of what will happen in a story.
Foreshadowing
Summary/Summarize
Flashbacks
Foil
38
A word or part of a sentence (the beginning) repeated.
Allegory
Anaphora
Alliteration
Similie
39
Organized written or spoken words without rythym.(fiction, non-fiction, drama, no poetry)
Folk Tales
Prose
Parody
Expository
40
A conflict of a character against outside forces.
Climax
External Conflict
Internal conflict/Man vs. Self
Internal Monologue
41
Exaggerated comedy with ridiculous situations, mixed up identities, and lots of wordplay.
Mystery
Farce
Satire
Parody
42
Made up story, not true.
Fiction
Expository
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Drama
43
Perspective in which a story is told.
Narrator/Narration
Main Character
Setting
Point of View
44
One person talking to himself.
1st Person
Point of view
2nd Person
Monologue/Soliloquy
45
Imitates someone else's writing style, for criticism or humor.
Farce
Parody
Prose
Satire
46
Used to explain something in the world.
Expository
Tall Tales
Myth
Persuasive
47
Using one thing to represent another. (Ex. flag:freedom)
Imagery
Caesura
Symbolism
Irony
48
Stories with unreal aspects such as talking animals or magic.
Prose
Fantasy
Farce
Parables/Fables
49
Words that imitate sounds. (Ex. pop, crack)
Pun
Loaded Language
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
50
An object or animal possesses human qualities.
Situational Irony
Imagery
Pun
Personification
51
Types of literary works (fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry).
Parables/Fables
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Genre
Prose
52
Language that appeals to our five senses.
Allegory
Symbolism
Imagery
Connotation
53
Story set in countryside with a peaceful setting.
Fantasy
Parables/Fables
Pastoral
Ballad
54
Techniques used to develop characters in stories.
Imagery
Structure
Aside
Characterization
55
Two rhyming lines grouped together in a poem.
Meter
Stanza
Quatrain
Couplets
56
Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal (dictionary) meaning of the words used.
Structure
Caesura
Rhythm
Figurative Language
57
Writing used to honor someone who has passed.
Pastoral
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Biography
Tragedy
58
Poetry that does not have rhyme and meter patterns.
Epic Poem
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Lyric Poem
59
Changes and grows throughout the story.
Flat/Static Character
Minor Character
Foil
Round/Dynamic Character
60
Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.
Analogy
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Similie
61
Story centers on this character(s).
Main Character
Motive/Motivation
Minor Character
Narrator/Narration
62
Dark fiction focused on odd characters and crazy situations.
Gothic
Tragedy
Drama
Mystery
63
High point of story (showdown) where conflict erupts.
Conflict
Structure
Climax
Resolution/Falling Action/Denouement.
64
Changes minimaly throughout the story.
Antagonist
Flat/Static Character
Round/Dynamic Character
Main Character
65
Type of folk tale, often exaggerated but considered true.
Satire
Gothic
Parody
Legends
66
The emotional response of a reader toward what they read.
External Conflict
Mood
Internal Conflict
Tone
67
A conflict between two or more characters.
Man vs. Man
Antagonist
Internal Conflict
Man vs. World
68
A point by point comparison of two things.
Consonance
Analogy
Imagery
Similie
69
Interacts with the main character, moves story along.
Minor Character
Aside
Flat/Static Character
Round/Dynamic Character
70
A conflict between character and society.
Internal Conflict
Man vs. Man
Minor Character
Man vs. World
71
Teaches a moral or lesson. They usually include animals.
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Fantasy
Pastoral
Parables/Fables
72
True story of someone's life written by that person.
Autobiography
Poetry
Biography
Expository
73
A statement that contradicts itself, but still has truth. (Ex. The beginning of the end.)
Pun
Oxymoron
Paradox
Assonance
74
How a poem is arranged.
Plot
Structure
Sonnet
Ballad
75
Narrator is outside the story, but can only focus on one characters thoughts and actions.
3rd Person Omniscient
Minor Character
1st Person
3rd Person Limited
76
Dictionary, or literal, meaning of words.
Denotation
Connotation
Consonance
Figurative Language
77
Story where foolish customs/ideas of a society are ridiculed for the purpose of improvement.
Parody
Farce
Comedy
Satire
78
The author's attitude/opinion toward his/her subject.
Persuasive
Tone
Mood
Sarcasm
79
Made up story set in outer space or the future.
Science Fiction
Tragedy
Parody
Myth
80
Rhyme that occurs in the same line of poetry.
End Rhyme
Blank Verse
Internal Rhyme
Caesura
81
Characters developed, conflicts increase.
Rising Action
Resolution/Fallin Action/Denouement
Conflict
Setting
82
Long, narrative formal poem centered around a hero.
Legends
Lyric Poem
Drama
Epic Poem
83
Where truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphor
Pun
84
The pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem.
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Allegory
Caesura
85
A play on words.
Pun
Sarcasm
Irony
Alliteration
86
Narrator directly adresses reader as "you".
Flashbacks
3rd Person
2nd Person
1st Person
87
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Analogy
Loaded Language
Irony
88
Narrator is "all knowing" and can see inside the minds of all the characters. Uses he/she form.
Foil
3rd Person Limited
Main Character
3rd Person Omniscient
89
Repetition of consonant sounds within words.
Oxymoron
Anaphora
Assonance
Consonanse
90
Writing based on fact, true.
Poetry
Genre
Exposition
Non-Fiction
91
Opposes the protagonist and provides conflict.
Protagonist
Man vs. Man
Round/Dynamic Character
Antagonist
92
Words that almost rhyme.
Free Verse
Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Near Rhyme/Off Rhyme/Slant Rhyme
93
Difference between what's expected to happen in a story and what really happens.
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
94
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Exposition
Climax
Protagonist
Conflict
95
Words/phrases for a specific situation, profession, or trade.
Structure
Figurative Language
Pun
Jargon
96
Narrative poem with repetition meant to be sung.
Ballad
Rhythm
Sonnet
Free Verse
97
The main character has a tragic flaw, or weakness, that leads to his eventual destruction.
Farce
Parody
Tragedy
Legends
98
American tales that rely on exaggeration
Satire
Farce
Tall Tales
Pastoral
99
Emotional response from a word.
Denotation
Drama
Connotation
Mood
100
Repetition of vowel sounds within words.
Consonance
Connotation
Assonance
Denotation
101
Story where people, objects, or events stand for ideas, such as a child representing innocence.
Allegory
Structure
Metaphor
Similie
102
Stories with a detective and puzzle that must be solved.
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Comedy
Drama
103
Similarity of sound between two words.
Rhyme
Loaded Language
Analogy
Rhythm
104
Brings together two contradictory terms. (Ex. wise fool)
Paradox
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Dramatic Irony
105
Rhyme that comes at the end of a line of poetry.
End Rhyme
Stanza
Rhyme Scheme
Meter
106
Mostly structured (arranged in lines), appeals to emotions and experiences.
Persuasive
Pastoral
Poetry
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
107
Plays that usually include an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events.
Gothic
Folk Tales
Drama
Poetry
108
Made up story that has feeling of being real.
Science Fiction
Farce
Parables/Fables
Realistic Fiction
109
A character's unspoken thoughts.
Internal Monologue
Aside
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
110
Simple stories passed down thru time by word of mouth.
Poetry
Ode/Elegy/Eulogy
Folk Tales
Fantasy
111
The positive or negative way you feel about a topic.
Tone
Attitude
Theme
Mood
112
Introduction, chracters and conflict are 'exposed'.
Exposition
Setting
Rising Action
Flashbacks