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What is the term for a scene in a story that occurred before the present time in the story?
What type of poetry does not rhyme or have a measurable meter?
Which literary device uses words in a way other than their literal meanings to make a comparison or add emphasis?
What is the term for extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?
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Which point of view is used when the narrator is a character in the story who describes things from his or her own perspective?
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Study Notes
Literary Devices and Terms
- Allegory: a work that conveys a hidden meaning, usually moral, spiritual, or political, through symbolic characters and events.
Sound Devices
- Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Literary References
- Allusion: a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
Character Analysis
- Antagonist: the opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist.
- Characterization: the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
- Direct Characterization: the writer or a narrator tells the reader what the character is like.
- Dynamic Character: a character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of a story.
Story Elements
- Biography: the life history of an individual, written by someone else.
- Climax: when the problem reaches its most intense point and begins to be resolved.
- Conflict: a struggle between opposing forces.
- Dialogue: the conversation between characters in a work of literature.
- Diction: the author’s specific word choice.
- Exposition: the opening event (what happens at the beginning/the main problem that the main character faces).
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Test your knowledge of literary terms with this quiz! From allegory to allusion, and antagonist to alliteration, challenge yourself to identify and understand the key elements of literature.
