Lit Terms Practice - Definitions

The principal or main character in a work of fiction:

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The character who works against the main character:

• protagonist

• antagonist

• personification

• foil

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Characters who contrast one another to highlight their differences

• hyperboles

• personification

• foils

• narrator

When the reader learns about a character through the character's speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and what he or she looks like:

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• dramatic irony

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a reader learns about a character by the descriptive words (adjectives) and phrases the author uses:

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• situational irony

• denouement

The person telling the story is the:

• antagonist

• narrator

• resolution

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A description that appeals to the five senses is:

• imagery

• metaphor

• indirect characterization

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the outcome is the opposite of what is expected, it is:

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• inciting incident

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When the audience knows something the characters do not, it is:

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When someone says the opposite of what they really mean:

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A