Literary Terms 1

The ways in which individual characters are represented in a text.

• Characterization

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Any spoken conversations between characters.

• Characterization

• Hyperbole

• Dialogue

• Alliteration

A kind of literature

• Allusion

• Genre

• Dialogue

• Irony

Vivid descriptions - typically uses one or more of the five senses.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Parody

• Diction

The order of events in a story.

• Imagery

• Plot

• Symbolism

• Point of view

How you “view” the story, perspective

• Imagery

• Plot

• Symbolism

• Point of view

An author's way of writing, or a way of writing expected from a particular genre

• Imagery

• Plot

• Symbolism

• Style

Representing one thing with another

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Plot Point

• Allusion

Select all correct answers:

Which of the following are examples of symbols?

• A clock

• A black cat

• A heart

• A snake

Main takeaway from a piece of literature

• Genre

• Topic

• Theme

• Tone