Literary Terms

Define the literary devices.

• the author describes character directly

• Define Foreshadowing

• author describes character by actions

• Define direct characterization

• the message of the story

• Define oxymoron

• The author's use of hints or clues

• theme

• successive contradictory words

• Indirect characterization

A character who changes throughout the story.​ ​ (a)  

• dynamic character
• static character
• protagonist
• indirect characterization

giving human qualities to something non-human ​ (a)  

• personfication
• theme
• situational irony
• dramatic irony

Match the literary devices to correct definition.

• a speech alone on stage

• allusion

• a speech with others listening on stage

• monologue

• the repetition of consonant sounds

• soliliquoy

• reference to something else

• alliteration

• the character knows more than audience

• dramatic irony

saying the opposite of what you actually mean​ (a)  

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• symbolism

• external conflict

• simile

• hyperbole

A saying that does not mean what it literally says​ (a)  

• idiom
• verbal irony
• theme
• oxymoron

Match the literary device to the correct definition

• a struggle between 2 characters

• Internal Conflict

• a reference to a well know person, book

• symbolism

• objects used to represent other ideas

• External Confllict

• mental images created by author's words

• Allusion

• a struggle within a character's mind

• Imagery

Match literary devices to correct definition.

• two opposite words

• Situational Irony

• when a character stays the same

• theme

• the message of the story

• static character

• a exaggeration

• oxymoron

• an unexpected outcome

• Hyperbole