Literary Terms - Exam review-S1

atmosphere or predominant emotion aroused in the reader

What role does the Bishop play in Les Miserables?

time and place in which events in the literary work take place

a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art

person, place, thing, event that has both a meaning in itself & also stands for something else

Which word means to formally charge someone with a crime?

the perspective from which a narrative is told

What was Jean Valjean's original crime?

using hints or clues to suggest future action

words/phrases used to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, ideas appealing to senses

What kind of character is Valjean in Les Miserables?

sequence of events in a literary work; the storyline

speaker says one thing but means another; situation is not as expected

a scene that interrupts the action to show a previous

category or type of literature based on style, form, content

giving inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Who wrote Les Miserables?

What kind of character is Thenardier in Les Miserables?

method an author uses to describe characters and their personalities

the central message of a literary work

a word that imitates the sound it represents

exaggeration or overstatement

Why does Javert commit suicide in Les Mis?

a writer's characteristic manner of employing language

writer's/speaker's attitude on a subject/character/audience thru the choice of words & details