Unit 1 Vocab Quiz Lit Terms

Hinting at what is to come.

• antagonist

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• imagery

A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work.

• protagonist

• characterization

• plot

• antagonist

The background information given at the beginning

• exposition

• rising action

• resolution

• climax

An object, person, or place used to represent something else

• imagery

• symbolism

• theme

• mood

The results or effects of the climax

• resolution

• falling action

• plot

• setting

The “turning point” of the literary work

• diction

• conflict

• climax

• exposition

Personification is...

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• The same thing again

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

• Highly descriptive language

Point of view is...

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• The mode of narration

• Conversation between two or more people

Simile is...

• Comparing two things saying one is another

• Comparison of two things that are not alike

• Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

Compares to things not using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole