Literature Keystone Terms

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vices or weakness

• satire

• diction

• allegory

• allusion

the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

• simile

• alliteration

• connotation

• dialogue

distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items

• dialect

• dialogue

• differentiate

• drama

a written account of another person's life

• characterization

• drama

• fiction

• biography

one or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word (prefix or suffix)

• bias

• fact

• affix

• antonym

a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. Can have moral, social, religious, or political significance.

• satire

• narrative

• fiction

• allegory

an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event

• allusion

• climax

• conflict

• satire

the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

• bias

• literary device

• analysis

• allusion

a word that is the opposite in meaning to another word

• antonym

• synonym

• tone

• diction

the position or claim the author establishes

• author's purpose

• generalization

• point of view

• argument