Literary Terms Assessment - English II

Name

When you use a word or phrase that doesn’t have a literal meaning. Examples are simile, metaphor, symbol, imagery, and hyperbole

• figurative language
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

a feeling created in the READER

• mood
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

a warning or indication of a future event

• foreshadowing
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words next to or close to each other

• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict
• direct characterization

Can be of three types: 1. when what someone SAYS is different from what they actually mean; 2. when what HAPPENS is the opposite from what you expect to happen; 3. when the audience knows something the characters do not know

• irony
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

• imagery
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

• allusion
• alliteration
• antagonist
• conflict
• direct characterization

A comparison between two things that is not literally applicable. You ARE that other thing.

• metaphor
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict

consists of the author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds

• indirect characterization
• alliteration
• allusion
• antagonist
• conflict