Literary Terms Review

Setting includes

• Geographical location

• Historical/cultural background

• Weather

• All of these

Mood is

• The author's attitude

• The emotion the reader feels

• The reader's opinion

• The narrator's voice

True or false: The definition of protagonist is the hero of the story

• True

• False

True or False: The antagonist opposes the main character

• True

• False

Dynamic characters

• Have 1-2 traits

• Have multiple traits

• Stay the same

• Change over the course of the story

Round characters

• Have 1-2 traits

• Have multiple traits

• Stay the same

• Change over the course of the story

A reference to something in history, literature, or mythology is a/an

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Personification

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Personification

Giving hints about what will come later in the text

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Personification

Dramatic irony is

• When a speaker's intention is the opposite of what they say

• When the audience knows something the character does not

• When the result of the sitation is the opposite of what is expected

• Sarcasm