Relier Pairs Midterm Lit Terms Review (WL)Version en ligne A review of literary terms used throughout the semester which will appear as answer choices or which will be embedded in the body of questions on the midterm. par Alicia Buckley 1 Something important to a group of people, living in a specific place and in a specific time period. 2 A repeated idea, usually a lesson or a moral, which can be tracked throughout a story 3 Information which is directly stated in a text; and which leaves no room for multiple interpretations 4 A reference in literature to another famous work (can be another work of literature, a piece of music, a work or art, and important historical event or figure, etc.) 5 What we call a character who develops and changes (for better or worse) over the course of a story. 6 A question which does not require a direct answer, but is meant to make you think 7 A type of character found across cultures and in many different time periods, like "The Hero" 8 A comparison between two things which DOES NOT use the word "like" or the word "as" 9 the author's word choice 10 When a author gives human traits to a non-human thing in a text 11 The author's attitude toward a subject OR A character's attitude toward a subject 12 To guess, based on information given in the text. 13 When an author hints at future events in a text. 14 A comparison between two things which uses the word "like" or the word "as" 15 Language which engages the senses and creates a picture in the mind of the reader 16 Indirectly stated, or hinted at 17 The name for the technique of providing the entire basic plot of a story to readers at the very beginning, so that the reader can focus more on details when they make their way through the story Allusion Imagery Foreshadowing Personification Diction Theme Simile Statement of Theme Complex Character Implicit/ Implied Explicit Cultural Value Archetype Metaphor Infer Rhetorical Question Tone
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