Unit 2 Lit Terms

What is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one?

• antagonist

• internal conflict

• allegory

• allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• archetype

• allusion

• myth

• parallel plot

Character or force in conflict with the main character.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• archetype

• mystery

A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature across culture

• allegory

• myth

• archetype

• symbol

struggle between a literary or dramatic character and nature, another character, technology, or society

• antagonist

• protagonist

• external conflict

• internal conflict

Writing or speech that is meant to be imaginative and vivid

• figurative language

• in media res

• verbal irony

• literal language

a scene in a movie, novel, etc set in a time earlier than the main story

• in media res

• flashback

• pacing

• suspense

A narrative device that hints at coming events, often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

• mystery

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• parallel plot

Into the middle of the narrative

• setting

• theme

• in media res

• flashback

man vs. self

• Internal conflict

• external conflict

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony