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Literary Terms Notes

Term Definition Example

Fiction / Imaginary elements can be based on ______people and events
Realistic fiction/historical fiction
Nonfiction / Real events, ______, and places
Autobiography/biography
Personal narratives/memoirs
Newspapers
Informative ______
Character / A Character is a ______
or an ______that takes part in the ______of a literary work.
Round Character
Flat Character / A Round Character is ______and well-developed with several ______.
Whereas a Flat Character is one we know very ______about with limited characteristics and is often known as ___-______.
Dynamic Character
Static Character / A Dynamic Character undergoes a ______in either thoughts, personality, or beliefs whereas a Static Character never ______. He/she remains the same.
Protagonist / The Protagonist is the ______character in a literary work.
Antagonist / The Antagonist is a character or ______in ______
with the ______character or protagonist.
Imagery / Imagery is words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the ______. (describes looks, sounds, feels, tastes, and smells)
Figures of Speech / A figure of speech is a specific device or kind of figurative ______used for descriptive events and ideas indirectly. / Hyperbole, metaphor, ______, alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, ______or understatement
Metaphor / A Metaphor is a type of speech that ______or equates _____ or more things that have something in common (does NOT use like or as)
Simile / A Simile is another figure of speech that ______seemingly ______things. (does use like, as, than, resemble)
Personification / Personification is a figure of speech in which an ______, object, force of nature, or idea is given ______qualities.
Alliteration / Repetition of ______, mostly consonant sounds at the ______of words.
Onomatopoeia / Onomatopoeia is the ______being described or a ______given to the ______that something ______.
Hyperbole / An ______exaggeration that can be used to add ______, for dramatic effect, or to ______a ______.
Oxymoron / An Oxymoron is a figure of speech that is a ______of seemingly ______words.
Allusion / An Allusion is a figure of speech that makes a ______to people, ______, events, or ______works directly or by implying them.
Irony / Special ______between reality and appearance
Reality is the ______from what it seems
Situational Irony / Contrast between what would seem ______and what really happens or what we expect to ______is opposite to what really takes place (like a ______ending or a twist in the plot)
Verbal Irony / Someone knowingly exaggerates or ______one thing and means another
______is often verbal irony
Dramatic Irony / When the reader or viewer knows something that a ______does not know
Mood / Mood or atmosphere is the ______created in the reader by a literary work or passage. (images, dialogue, setting, ______)
Tone / Tone is ______of a writer’s or speaker’s ______toward a subject. Words that express certain emotions to evoke responses.
Style / Style is the distinctive ______in which an author uses ______. (_____ choice, sentence length, tone, dialogue, purpose, attitude)
Plot
Plot is the ______of events. / Plot involves the characters and a central ______. / Diagram
Exposition / The Exposition is the ______. It is the part of the work that introduces the ______, setting and basic situation.
Rising Action / Rising Action is the part of the ______that begins to occur when the primary ______is introduced.
Climax / The Climax is the point of greatest ______intensity, ______, or suspense in the plot of a narrative. (comes at turning ____)
Falling Action / Falling Action is the ______that typically follows the ______and reveals its results.
Resolution / The Resolution is the part of the plot that ______the falling action by revealing or suggesting the ______of the conflict.
Conflict / Conflict is the ______between opposing ______in a story or play. There are _____ types of conflict that exist.
External Conflict / Exists when a character ______against some ______force. (another character, nature, ______, or fate)
Internal Conflict / Exists within the ______of the character who is ______between different courses of ______.
Flashback / A Flashback is a literary device in which an ______episode, conversation, or ______is inserted into the sequence.
Foreshadowing / The author’s use of ______to hint at what might happen ______in the story. (builds reader’s ______and creates suspense)
Suspense / The growing interest or ______readers experience while awaiting the ______or resolution. (anxious feeling / raises questions)
Point of View / Point of View is the perspective or ______point, from which a story is told. It is the relationship of the ______to the story.
First-Person / First-person is told by a character who uses the ______person pronoun _____.
Third-person Limited / Third-person Limited is the point of view where the ______uses third-person pronouns such as _____ and _____ for the characters
Setting / The Setting of a literary work is the ______and ______of the action. The setting is the backdrop that can create a mood.
Theme / The Theme of a literary work is its central ______, concern, or purpose. Expressed as a general ______about people or life.
Motif / A Motif is a recurring symbol throughout literature that helps develop theme. Motifs can be anything from a sound, idea, word, archetype, character, etc. For Example,
Inference / Conclusion derived from ______/evidence
Making an educated ______based on what you have read, learned, or know
You may be able to ______something about the ______
Diction / Diction is the manner in which we express ______; the wording used.
Diction = ______
Denotation / The denotation of a word is its ______meaning, independent of other ______that the word may have.
Connotation / The connotation of a word is the set of ______associated with it in addition to its explicit ______. / Personal – based on ______experiences
Cultural – recognized by a ______