Literature Terms

20. a character who undergoes a deep change from within in a story

• p. metaphor
• q. dynamic characters
• r. verbal irony
• t. theme

4. a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

25. the narrator is not in the story but focuses on one character’s point of view

• u. third person limited
• v. character traits
• x. archetype
• y. protagonist

3. what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

2. the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

44. a character that remains the same throughout the story

• q. assonance
• r. mood
• s. static character
• t. verse

24. a recurring symbol or motif in literature

• u. third person limited
• w. couplet
• x. archetype
• y. protagonist

47. a genre that is set in the past and may include real people, places, or significant events from history

• u. historical fiction
• v. antagonist
• w. act
• y. partial rhyme

5. a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

1. a subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza