English 2 Literary Terms

The author tells us directly what the character is like: sneaky; generous, mean to pets and so on.

• Dynamic Character

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Static Character

The association and emotional overtones that have become attached to word or phrase, in addition to its strict definition.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Dialect

• Dialogue

The character only has one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional.

• Dynamic Character

• Static character

• Flat character

• Round Character

The two year old tore through the house, tearing up everything in his path.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Pun

Anecdote

• Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

• Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual

• The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

• A relatively short story that teaches a moral or lesson about how to lead a good life.

Allegory

• A speaker or writer's choice of words

• A very short story told in a prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.

• A central character in a narrative that drives the action

• A narrative that had both literal and symbolic meaning in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the text

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

The trees whispered in the wind, which casts an eerie feeling on the group.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Extended metaphor

• Personification

The house was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey

• External: Man vs. society

• Internal Conflict

• External: Man vs. man

• External: Man vs. nature

A type of comedy that exposes and ridicules vices and follies of an individual or a society as a whole.

• Dialect

• Satire

• Parody

• Epiphany