7th Grade Literary Terms

The contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant.

The audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not.

Expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject.

The hero or central character of a literary work.

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the author.

description which appeals to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell

The dictionary definition of a word.

A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.

The result of an action is the reverse of what the character expected.

A literary type or form.

Conflict

The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.

The emotional content of a word.

a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as."

A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics.

the sequence in which the author arranges events in a story