Senior 9-10 Review Lit Terms #2

an object in a literary work that stands for something else.

• antagonist

• symbol

• cliche

• anecdote

a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist. (bad guy)

• anecdote

• allusion

• antagonist

• alliteration

The person in a literary work for whom the reader pulls or towards whom they feel emotionally inclined.

• plot

• antagonist

• protagonist

• dynamic character

an overused word or phrase.

• connotation

• conjunction

• appositive

• cliche

all the meanings, associations or emotions that a word suggests. Slang terms or alternative (popular) definitions.

• cliche

• conjunction

• connotation

• denotation

the dictionary definition of a word

• connotation

• allusion

• denotation

• dramatic irony

writing that presents information. In the plot of a story or drama, the part that introduces the characters, setting and basic situation.

• expository paragraph

• exposition

• anecdote

• allusion

writing that tries to convince the reader to go along with a particular opinion or course of action.

• practicality

• preposition

• persuasion

• denotation

a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

• connotation

• allusion

• antagonist

• anecdote

when an audience knows something that a character in the literature does not know

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• premonition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3