Literary Terms Flashcards
(18 cards)
Nonfiction
Writing that is not true
Fiction
Writing that is not true
Genre
The type of writing
Setting
Where and when the story takes place
Character
The people or animals taking part in the story
Protagonist
The main character or hero
Antagonist
The person in conflict with the main character
Point of view
From whose perspective 1st narrator involved 3 single character
Plot
The sequence of events in the story
Conflict
A struggle between to opposing forces Man vs man Man vs self Man vs society Man vs nature Man vs technology Man vs supernatural
Theme
Central idea or lesson to be learned
Suspense
Not knowing what will happen next
Irony
A surprising interesting or amusing contradiction the opposite of what you might expect to happen
Foreshadowing
The author gives hints to help you predict what might happen later in the story
Symbol
Something that stands for or represents something else
Interior monologue
All of the thoughts running though a character’s head
Metaphor
A figure speech where something is described as though it were something else
Simile
A figure of speech that is a comparison between two unlike ideas using the words as or like
