Contemporary Lit Terms Flashcards | StudBudContemporary Lit Terms
#Literary terms
1Foil
- A short story that uses talking animals as main characters
- character in a story who contrasts with the main character
- A short piece of nonfiction
- Writing that attempts to show life as it really is
2Foreshadowing
- A made-up story based on a real time and place in history
- Traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature
- Interruption of the chronological (time) order
- Hints an author drops that anticipates the ending
3Conflict
- The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type
- The part of the story in which the problems are solved
- The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
- A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story
4Round
- A writer’s account of some other person’s life
- A literary work that uses the familiar spoken form
- A story set in an imaginary world
- Complex character that undergoes development
5PLOT
- The action that makes up the story
- A book of maps.
- The action and dialogue following the climax
- An alphabetical listing of difficult, technical, terms
6Exposition
- The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create
- The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
- Characters, background, and setting are introduced
- The central part of the story
7Rising Action
- The action that makes up the story
- A book of maps.
- Central part of story after conflict is introduced.
- “the focus” in the story that the writer tells
8Flat
- Character that is static and does not change
- The high point in the action of a story
- Everything that happens in a story.
- Force that works against the hero of the story.
9Point of View
- Perspective from which the story is told
- Poetry that does not conform to a regular rhyme scheme
- Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
- Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character.
10Falling Action
- The action and dialogue following the climax
- Everything that happens in a story
- The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create
- A literary work that is the familiar spoken form of language
11Irony
- comparison of two things essentially different
- words or events that suggest the opposite of their meaning
- : Interruption of the chronological (time) order
- Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
12Resolution
- problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end
- The high point in the action of a story
- The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create
- The person or force that works against the hero of the story
13Setting
- The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
- The high point in the action of a story.
- One of the people (or animals) in a story.
- The part of the story in which the problems are solved
14Allusion
- reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary/art
- Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning
- Involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions
- The use of words that imitate sounds
15THEME
- The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
- The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create
- The conversations that characters have with one another
- Universal idea about life or human nature
16Character
- One of the people (or animals) in a story.
- Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
- Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar
- The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
