Final Exam Review

we have to make inferences about a character based on his/her actions and words

the writer's attitude toward a character, subject, and audience of a story

actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended

the way a writer tells us what a character is like

the main character

when a writer gives an inanimate object human traits

the exact dictionary definition of a word

a character that makes a change during a story

the narrator shows the thoughts and feelings of more that one character; uses the pronouns "she, he, they, theirs"

the opponent who blocks the main character

the climate or feeling of a literary work (how it makes the reader feel)

a character that is stereotypical and about which we do not know much

statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning

a popular figure of speech; almost always overused or cliché

the narrator shows the thoughts and feelings of only one character; uses the pronouns "she, he, they, theirs"

the use of hints/clues to suggest what will happen later

comparison using "like, as, than" or "resembles"

the writer TELLS us what a character is like

a character that does not change during a story

a scene that interrupts the story to provide info about something that happened earlier

a character about which we know many characteristics, including attributes and faults

in literature, when the audience knows something that a character in the story does not

the narrator shows the thoughts and feelings of no characters; only reveals the facts

rarely used; the narrator uses the pronoun "you" and seems to be giving directions or orders

an original model of a person, a perfect example, or a prototype upon which others are copied

the narrator is a character in the story; uses the pronouns "I, we, our"

an insight about human life that's revealed in a literary work

a person, place, thing, or event that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something more

a ridiculous exaggeration

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its actual definition

comparison in which one thing is referred to as if it were something else