Lit. Terms 1

The man on the bus was yelling at the bus driver for not getting him to work on time.

The exact literal or dictionary meaning of a word.  

has only one or two personality traits. One dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. Can be summed up in one phrase. 

Character is described directly through the use of descriptive adjectives and phrases. Ex. Marie-Laure is blind.

main ideas-issues or underlying meaning of a literary work. Insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work

Your own meaning and feelings for a word. The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word

Your friends are picking on someone and you are trying to decide if you should step in or not. 

Main events of a piece of Literature devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. The storyline.

Orig. pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model/prototype

The_____set by the author lets the reader know if the reader is to read the work as serious, comical, fantasy, etc. 

Personality remains the same the entire story regardless of the events. --Cinderella

Disaster movies—hurricanes, floods, etc. 

The way a writer makes a person in a story, book, play, movie, or television show seem like a real person.

A constant streetlight flicker on Fridays to symbolize a characters loneliness on Fridays.--to reinforce a theme

Woody-Toy Story is a good leader, but is not perfect. Makes the wrong decision/gets jealous/can be selfish/complicated

Example: As Jane walked past the box labeled “Free Puppies,” she quickly looked around before giving the box a kick.

One who changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action. Becomes caring b/c of an event that happens

A story taking place at night on Halloween creates a dark and scary ______.--atmosphere/feeling created

Story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or political/hist. situations

when a character struggles with ideas or other culture’s customs.