Literary & Resource Sound Flashcards
A character or group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.
Antagonist
A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.
Connotation
Literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
Denotation
interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background of context to the current events of a narrative.
Flashback
A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
Mood
The events that make up a story or the main part of a story.
Plot
The mode of narration that an author employs to let the reader “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story.
Point of View
Involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “We.”
First Person Point of View
Employs the pronoun “You.”
Second Person Point of View
Uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” or a name.
Third Person Point of View
The central character or leader figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any any other story.
Protagonist
The author’s own unique way of writing.
Style
An object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
Symbol/Symbolism
