Mrs. Ehrat's Lit Term Quiz Part 2

The opponent who blocks the protagonist.

• antagonist

• antihero

• foil

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison that does not use the works, "like", "as", "than", or "resembles".

• similie

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its actual definition.

• denotation

• connotation

• symbolism

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• hyperbole

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A comment made by a character directly to the audience. (Breaking the fourth wall.)

• interior monologue

• aside

• soliloquy

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

The words a writer chooses.

The enunciation of words.

• debate

• dialogue

• diction

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The vantage point from which a story is told. This type uses the "I" pronoun.

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character. (Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes).

• foil

• protagonist

• antagonist

• antihero

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The writer's attitude toward the character, subject and audience of a story. (This can get you in trouble with your parents).

• mood

• idiom

• symbolism

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The words a character in a story speaks.

A fancy word for "discussion."

• dialect

• diction

• dialogue

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3