Literary Terms and Definitions

Warped Logic

• absurd or preposterous names

• reasoning that doesn’t make sense

• A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration

• When you leave logic out in the sun too long

Exaggeration

• Speech that deliberately

  minimizes a situation, often for comic effect

• Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it

• absurd or preposterous names

• a way of over-emphasizing something, either making it better or worse than it really is. Types of exaggeration include hyperbole, farce, caricature, and slapstick comedy

Improbable Situations

• absurd or preposterous names

• situations that are not likely or probable; doubtful; unlikely to be true or to happen

• a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is

• a way of over-emphasizing something, either making it better or worse than it really is

What does TAG stand for?

• Touch and Go

• Title, Author, and Genre

• Title, Author, and Graphics

• The recess game

What is the definition of a claim?

• an introduction to evidence

• a direct quote from the text

• a "mic drop" moment

• an opinionated statement that can be argued; is supported by evidence

In the Body Paragraph, another word for the PREMISE is:

• the reason

• the beginning

• the claim

• the conclusion

What punctuation should you look for to help find EVIDENCE in a Literary Analysis?

• "quotations"

• semi-colon ;

• exclamation point !

• question mark ?

Match the following terms to the correct definitions.

• The beginning of a story

• Setting

• The turning point; most intense moment

• Character

• The time and place of a story

• Conflict

• A person, animal, or inanimate object

• Exposition

• The problem or struggled

• Climax

Match the following literary terms with their correct definitions.

• Conflict is completely over

• Resolution

• Protagonist tries to solve the problem

• Falling Action

• Overall message or life lesson

• Rising Action

• Sequence of events including conflict

• Plot

• Suspense is decreasing after the climax

• Theme

The character opposing or going against the main character in a literary work...

• antagonist

• static character

• dynamic character

• protagonist