Literary Devices, Elements, and Figurative Language Terms Flashcards
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What is Literature
writings in prose or verse; especially, writings having excellence of form or expression and presenting ideas of permanent or universal interest
What is an Antagonist
The character who opposes the central character, causing conflict
What is Characterization
Characterization uses direct and indirect methods to describe qualities and features of a person within a literary work
What is a Climax
The climax marks the place in a literary work that is the most significant to the main character and/or the plot
What is Conflict
Conflict is the struggle between two or more forces, internal and/or external, that drives the plot
What is a Connotation
The emotional, cultural, or suggested meaning thought of when hearing a word or phrase
Ex. Your sister and I are having a talk
What is Dialogue
The representation of a conversation within a literary work
What is Figurative Language
The use of words to affect a meaning other than the usual or literal meaning of those words; characterized by figures of speech
What is a Flashback
A scene that takes place earlier than the story’s current time
What is Foreshadowing
An occurrence, feeling, or object that forewarns of an event and which is only fully understood in hindsight
What is a Genre
Describes the various classifications of literary works (Ex. comedy, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.)
What is a Plot
The order in which the author has chosen to convey the events of a literary work
What is a Point of View
The position or positions from which a literary work is told to the reader
What is a Protagonist
The main character around which a literary work usually revolves
What is a Resolution(or Denouncement)
The event(s) in a story that occurs after the climax, but before the story’s actual end
What is Setting
The location and the time period in which the plot takes place
What is Style
How the author’s specific use of words makes his or her writing distinctive
What is a Symbol
A person, place, or thing that is presented as a representation of a larger meaning
What is Theme
An abstract idea (Ex. ambition, duty, fear, freedom, jealousy, love, or truth) that dominates a literary work
What is a Figure of speech
A word or expression that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense
What is an Alliteration
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound within a phrase or sentence
Ex. Sally sells seashells by the seashore
What is an Allusion
A direct or indirect reference to a significant person, event, time, or work of literature
What is an Analogy
An analogy compares similar concepts, characters, or works of literature so the reader better understands a difficult idea
What is an Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds found within or at the end of words and phrases
Ex. His tender heir might bear his memory (eh sound)
