Literary Terms Review

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of beginning sounds in nearby words.

• A reference to a work of literature, historical event/figure, or cultural icon.

• A force that the protagonist struggles against.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an allusion?

• The repetition of beginning sounds in nearby words.

• A reference to a work of literature, historical event/figure, or cultural icon.

• A force that the protagonist struggles against.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an antagonist?

• The repetition of beginning sounds in nearby words.

• A reference to a work of literature, historical event/figure, or cultural icon.

• A force that the protagonist struggles against.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What are the 3 P's used in characterization?

• Personality, Physicality, Perception

• Plot, Point of View, Protagonist

• Personification, Pun, Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a static character?

• A character who stays the same throughout the text.

• A character who goes through conflict and changes from it.

• A character who is the main character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a dynamic character?

• A character who stays the same throughout the text.

• A character who goes through conflict and changes from it.

• A character who is the main character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a character foil?

• Two characters who are opposites and bring out different traits in each other.

• A character who stays the same throughout the text.

• A character who goes through conflict and changes from it.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is internal conflict?

• A problem inside of the main character.

• A problem outside of the main character.

• A problem between the main character and society.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is external conflict?

• A problem inside of the main character.

• A problem outside of the main character.

• A problem between the main character and society.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is dialogue?

• Characters talking to each other, shown with quotation marks.

• An interruption of the story that returns to an earlier event.

• Clues an author gives that hint at what will happen later.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3