Lit Terms Practice - Definitions

The principal or main character in a work of fiction:

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• hyperbole

The character who works against the main character:

• protagonist

• antagonist

• personification

• foil

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

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

A description that appeals to the five senses is:

• imagery

• metaphor

• indirect characterization

• foreshadowing

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

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• inciting incident

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

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• imagery

When someone says the opposite of what they really mean:

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• point of view