Reading Terms Review

Consists of the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses

• imagery

• epiphany

• exposition

• denotation

Is word choice intended to convey a certain effect

• diction

• details

• denotation

• climax

Refers to the feelings and attitudes associated with a word

• connotation

• denotation

• epiphany

• details

Leads inevitably toward a revelation

• falling action

• exposition

• climax

• denouement/resolution

An event in which the essential nature of something—a person, a situation, an object—is suddenly perceived; it is intuitive grasp of reality in a quick flash of recognition in which something usually simple and commonplace is seen in a new light

• foil

• epiphany

• diction

• point of view

Unraveling of the problem set up by the inciting incident; how the story wraps up or ends

• climax

• denouement/resolution

• exposition

• rising action

A character, action, or situation that is a prototype, or pattern, of human life generally; a situation that occurs over and over again in literature, such as a quest, an initiation, or an attempt to overcome evil

• archetype

• foil

• conflict

• dynamic character

A term that describes the tension between opposing forces in a work of literature

• plot

• details

• conflict

• antagonist

Facts, revealed by the author or speaker, that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose

• diction

• denotation

• plot

• details

The central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem

• antagonist

• protagonist

• rising action

• flat character