Literary Terms

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• metaphor

• Allusion

• Indirect Characterization

A comparison without using like or as

• Metaphor

• idiom

• Man vs. Nature

• simile

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• Personification

• Dramatic Irony

• allusion

• Verbal Irony

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• Foreshadowing

• Resolution

• Man vs. Nature

• Falling Action

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

• Dramatic Irony

• Simile

• situational irony

• Dynamic Character

something happening that is very different to what was expected.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Man vs. Man
• First Person Point of View

what is said is the opposite of what is meant; sarcasm

• Verbal Irony

• Allusion

• Antagonist

• Situational Irony

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Mood

• Dynamic Character

• Tone

• Third Person Omniscient

Central idea of a work of literature

• Theme
• Third Person Omniscient
• Man vs. Society
• First Person Point of View

main character

• Protagonist

• Third Person Point of View

• Flat Character

• Antagonist