Literary Terms Flashcards
(34 cards)
Verbal irony
What is said is the opposite of what is meant
Situational irony
What happens is the opposite of what is expected
Dramatic irony
The audience knows something that the characters do not
Foreshadowing
Events in a work predict later events
Symbolism
One thing represents something else
Character
The people (or representatives) in stories
Dynamic/round characters
Change during the course of the story
Static/flat characters
Do not change during the course of the story
Stock characters
Stereotypical or cliché characters
Protagonist
The main character with whom we are supposed to identify or sympathize
Antagonize
The character who causes the main conflict with the protagonist
Point of view
How the story is told (first, third person, etc)
Omniscient narrator
Narrator is God
Theme
The main idea that the writer tries to convey
Visual imagery
What we see
Visual imagery
What we see
Auditory imagery
What we hear
Tactile imagery
What we feel
Gustatory imagery
What we taste
Olfactory imagery
What we smell
Alliteration
Repetition of identical consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words
Allusion
Reference to another work or the past or significant persons/events
Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Ballad
Narrative poem
