8th Grade Lit Terms 1-12

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

• Rhyme

When the author refers to a subject matter such as a person, place, event, or literary work in a passing reference.

• Alliteration

• Tone

• Allusion

• Setting

A character or group of characters that opposes the main character.

• Conflict

• Dynamic/Round character

• Antagonist

• Static/Flat Character

A character that goes through growth or change in the story.

• Static/Flat character

• Dynamic/Round character

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

A character that remains the same throughout the story.

• Static/Flat character

• Dynamic/Round character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

The point in the story where the conflict or tension is at its highest point.

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Plot

The struggle between opposing forces.

• Conflict

• Climax

• Simile

• Tone

A meaning that is implied by a word, apart from its explicit meaning.

• Personification

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Idiom

The literal or primary meaning of a word. It is the dictionary definition of a word.

• Connotation

• Diction

• Denotation

• Allusion

An imagined setting in which everything is unpleasant or bad.

• Setting

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Dystopia