Literary Terms Review

Plot is defined as

• Two or more plots developing alongside each other
• The sequence of events in a story as told to us by the narrator

• When a story begins and ends in the same place
• Two different stories with the same types of plot

The setting includes:

• time and characters

• place and background

• background and characters

• time and place

Danny's room is a pig-sty.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

• One compares things to nature while the other compares everyday things

• One is used in love poems while the other is not.

• One uses "like" or "as" while the other does not

• One is used in a Shakespearean sonnet while the other is used in Petrarchan sonnet

An underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly is what?

• Theme 
• Point of View 
• Trope 
• Soliloquy 

What is a theme?

• A theme essentially means the literary devices the story uses.

  
  

  There is often more than one literary device used in a story.

• A theme essentially means the symbol that the story communicates.

  
  

  There is often three themes that run through a story.

• A theme essentially means the idea or ‘message’ that the story communicates.

  
  

  There is often more than one idea or theme that runs through a story.

• A theme essentially means the language used by the author

The set of ideas or emotional associations a word suggests, in addition to its actual meaning.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Winter’s icy grip causes people to shudder.

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification
• simile

The package took forever to arrive in the mail.

• hyperbole
• personification
• simile
• idiom

He turned over, holding his nose, and a golden light danced and shattered just over his face.

• Simile

• Imagery

• Irony

• Hyperbole