Literary Terms review

This character is resourceful, ruthless to enemies, accepts a challenge, and has noble peers...

Find the metaphor

A classic older story explaining natural phenomenon, often w/ supernatural beings

A device to expose & criticize folly & corruption using humor, irony, exaggeration, ridicule

The most intense, exciting, or important point in a story, after which everything changes.

In poetry, it's the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine saying the words

Anything that stands for or represents something other than itself.

A story would have "limited omniscient" point of view if...

In poetry, a pair of lines that rhyme.

When it happens in an essay, it's bad, but in a poem, it may be powerfully intentional

A character w/ generalized traits, may represent groups not individuals.

The main idea explored in a text--usually stated in 1 word, like “love” or “identity”

The emotion or mood that a writer conveys to a reader by describing the setting.

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Find the example of onomatopoeia

Which answer contains hyperbole?

That moment in a story when a character has a sudden realization or understanding

When the meaning of words or a situation is unfitting or contradictory to what we expect.

A poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often with elevated style.

A traditional story popularly regarded as historical.

Find the oxymoron

An imitation of a particular person or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original creative meaning.

Speaking thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of others, usually in a play

In story, a character who stands in opposition to the main character.

A character who contrasts w/ another to highlight qualities of the other character

Identify the best example of literal language.

A literary device that is used step by step by authors to develop characters in a story.

A set of lines w/i a poem, usually set off from other sets by a blank line or indentation

A six line stanza of poetry, usually with a rhyme pattern.

A long speech where one character addresses another character.

This is figurative language or fresh and original description that appeals to our five senses.

The patterns made through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in poetry.

Lines of poetry written with an iambic pentameter rhythm, but without rhyme.

The angle of perspective--shows us the opinion or feelings of a particular character

A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden.

An idiom is an expression that makes no sense when read literally--hard for language learners

A complex character who acts, speaks, and expresses a range of emotions in a realistic manner.

An interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story.

A brief indirect reference to a thing or idea of historical political or cultural significance.

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

A short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main claim of an essay.

A 14-line poem, in iambic pentameter. It has a specific rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.

A poem or song in the form of couplets, written in honour of someone who has died.

A softer or kinder expression when saying something unpleasant or embarrassing

Character that fits a "type" & recurs in stories: damsel in distress, villain, girl next door

The central character in a story.

A writer's attitude toward a subject--could be silly, sarcastic, sympathetic...

Identify the strongest example of personification.

In poetry, repetition of the first consonant sound in nearby words.

The use of words w/ loveliness in the sounds they create

A character who undergoes little inner change; a character who does not grow or develop

A narrative poem, usually 4-line stanzas, w/ rhyme & meter, about universal themes.

A two-dimensional character that's relatively uncomplicated.

Includes the time & place where a story takes place, social status, weather, historical info

When a writer gives an advance hint of what's to come later in the story.

Figurative speech that makes a comparison between 2 different things, using “like” or “as”

A four line stanza, often with a rhyme pattern.

A brief story told to present a moral or practical lesson.

A literary element that evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions.

Words no longer in use everyday but sometimes used to give an old-fashioned flavor

Internal conflict looks like this...

A formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, often in first person.

Audience's awareness of characters' situation differs from that of the characters

Struggle b/t 2 opposing forces, usually b/t a protagonist & antagonist, but could be internal.