Literature Terms Section 1

the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• analogy

• develop

• symbolism

• falling action

• dialogue

a statement that says less than what is meant, such as "that skull fracture was a wee bit uncomfortable"

• exposition

• irony

• elaborate

• allusion

• understatement

a contrast between expectation and reality (contrast between what is written and what is really meant/contrast between what the reader knows and what the characters know)

• exposition

• irony

• elaborate

• allusion

• understatement

a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, such as ‘I could sleep for a year’ or ‘this book weighs a ton’

• rising action

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• style

the part of a literary plot that occurs before the climax has been reached

• rising action

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• style

a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike, such as ‘stanza is to poem as chapter is to book.

• analogy

• develop

• symbolism

• falling action

• dialogue

the way a writer uses language; the writer’s own particular word choice, sentence structure, and tone

• rising action

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• style

the use of a person, place, thing, or event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well

• analogy

• develop

• symbolism

• falling action

• dialogue

to make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing facts or ideas

• exposition

• irony

• elaborate

• allusion

• understatement

to grow or cause to grow and become more mature or advanced

• analogy

• develop

• symbolism

• falling action

• dialogue