Literary Terms Pretest

In Aristolean Rhetoric, when the author establishes their own credibility with the audience.

the perspective from which the story is told

a fully developed character having both faults and virtues the reader knows well

words/phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help create a vivid description

a character who does not undergo a change over the course of a story

main character experiencing the conflict/problem in a story

can be internal or external struggle between opposing forces/characters in a story

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

an author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate an earlier incident or set of events

A character not fully developed or is a stereotype

a non-human subject is given human characteristics

a direct comparison that is made without using "like" or "as"

comparison using "like" or "as"

central message, idea, or concern expressed directly or indirectly in a literary work

In reference to Aristolean Rhetoric, when an author appeals to the audience's emotions

attitude the writer takes toward their subject or audience such as informal and formal

positive or negative emotional feeling a word is associated with or causes

use of extreme exaggeration

On a scale of 1-10, how nervous are your right now?

a character that grows and changes over the course of a story

the atmosphere or feeling an author creates within the piece of writing

An object, color, name, or concept that represents something beyond itself

When two elements are purposely contrasted for rhetorical effect

character causing the conflict/problem in a story

a situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur or exist does occur or exist