Semester 1 Lit Terms, 9th grade

The main character of a story

• Foil

• Plot

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

The opponent who blocks the central character

• Foil

• Plot

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Character who contrasts dramatically with another character to highlight a particular quality

• Foil

• Plot

• Tragic Hero

• Anit-Hero

The attitude the author or narrator has toward a subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Attitude

The feeling the author tries to create for the audience

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Attitude

The dictionary, literal definition of a word is

• Connotation

• Denotation

The non-literal, emotional meaning behind a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

An insight about human life revealed in the literary work

• Theme

• Motif

• Symbol

• Imagery

Language choice, syntax structure, and grammar used to fit a particular style of speech for a particular person or situation. (High, middle, low)

• Dialogue

• Drone

• Diction

The art of persuasion is

• Rhetoric

• Figurative Language

• Irony

• Symbolism