Untitled Deck Flashcards
(34 cards)
What is a simile?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using “like” or “as.”
What is irony?
Meaning the opposite of what is said, or doing something unexpected.
What is verbal irony?
Saying one thing but meaning the opposite.
What is situational irony?
When there is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is dramatic irony?
The audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration for emphasis.
What is symbolism?
Using objects to represent deeper meanings.
What is alliteration?
When two or more words begin with the same initial sound.
What is an allusion?
A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts.
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that imitate sounds.
What is an idiom?
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual meanings.
What is a character in literature?
A person responsible for thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature.
What is a round character?
A person who the reader sees grow and change.
What is a flat character?
A person whose attributes are not built up by the author.
What is a protagonist?
The principal character.
What is an antagonist?
The principal opponent of the main character.
What is setting in a story?
The place and time in which the action takes place.
What is genre?
The categorical name given to the type of story.
What is a narrator?
The person who tells the story.
What is plot?
The series of events that form the story.
What is climax?
The most exciting or important event in the story.
What is theme in literature?
A common thread or repeated idea that is present throughout a story.
