Literary Terms #1 (24-25)

a message about life, a central idea, or a comment on human nature that is communicated by a literary work     

• protagonist

• theme

• tone

• dialogue

comparing two different things without using like or to compare them   

• plot

• metaphor

• diction

• climax

the quality that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

• suspense

• mood

• flashback

• tone

the main character in a narrative or drama

• antagonist

• protagonist

• second person

• first person

the sequence of events that make up a story

• resolution

• motif

• plot

• jargon

reference to a well know person, place, event, object, or literary work

• juxtaposition

• word choice

• motif

• allusion

an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time (present action stops and story flashes back to an earlier time)

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• generalization

• irony

the early part of a story that sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and provides background information necessary to understanding what follows

• dialect

• idiom

• stereotype

• exposition

the emotions associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral)

• denotation

• connotation

• pun

• style

the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers (what writers want readers to feel when reading the text)

• mood

• tone

• oxymoron

• irony