English I Final Exam Lit. Terms

What literary term means when the author directly states a character's traits?

• connotation

• direct characterization

• personification

• dynamic character

What literary term means a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)?

• epic

• drama

• imagery

• poetry

What literary term means poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter?

• Haiku

• free verse

• onomatopoeia

• Lyric

What literary term means the opposite of what is expected?

• irony

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

What literary term means the person who tells the story?

• protagonist

• resolution

• narrator

• main character

What literary term means repeated used of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis?

• personification

• repetition

• connotation

• denotation

What literary term means a comparison that does not use like or as?

• simile

• pun

• irony

• metaphor

What literary term means a play on words?

• pun

• metaphor

• figurative language

• simile

What literary term means a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen?

• mood

• conflict

• suspense

• flashback

What literary term means a reference to another work of literature, a person from history, or an event from the past?

• allegory

• allusion

• epic

• imagery