Literary Terms

A metaphor compares two or more things using like or as

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A simile compares two or more things using like or as

____ is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work.

The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told

• Characters

• Style

• Protagonist

• Point of View

The dictionary meaning of a word, independent of any other associations

• Denotation

• Connotation

The struggle between opposing forces

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Style

• Conflict

The sequence of events in a literary work

• Character

• Plot

• Tone

• Figures of Speech

The part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced is the ______ Action.

A combination of seemingly contradictory words

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Tone

 The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

• Style

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Theme

Style is the distinctive way in which an author uses language.

• True

• False