Literary Terms Review

The way a writer reveals the personality of a character.

A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, or mythology.

The feeling the writer creates for the reader.

A narrator that does not always percieve what is going on in the story

Situational irony is when the reader knows something the characters do not.

A literary device that interrupts the chronological sequence of events to go to an event from an earlier time.

A character who contrasts with another character(used to highlight certain qualities of the protagonist)

What are the two types of conflicts?

Arranging ideas in sentences that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording

A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be the other thing.

A character that changes throughout the story

What is the Plot?

An exaggerated statement, one that can be used to emphasize a point

A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Main character of the story

The way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of people.

Where something in the story stands for something else

A meaning, association, or emotion suggested by a word.

A character that does not change much throughout the story

Using clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot

Verbal Irony

The central, or universal, message or lesson of a story

Placing two ideas side by side so that their closeness creates a new, often ironic, meaning

Language or dialect of a particular country/regional clan or group

The writer's attitude toward a subject.

Word choice, particularly as an element of style

The diction used by a group that practices a similar profession or activity

Beginning a story by plunging into a crucial situation that is developed later on

Ordinary or familiar type of conversation

The method of narration/vantage point from which a story is told.