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 A question which does not require a direct answer, but is meant to make you think 2 Indirectly stated, or hinted at 3 The author's attitude toward a subject OR A character's attitude toward a subject 4 Something important to a group of people, living in a specific place and in a specific time period. 5 Information which is directly stated in a text; and which leaves no room for multiple interpretations 6 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.) 7 When an author hints at future events in a text. 8 When a author gives human traits to a non-human thing in a text 9 A type of character found across cultures and in many different time periods, like "The Hero" 10 A repeated idea, usually a lesson or a moral, which can be tracked throughout a story 11 What we call a character who develops and changes (for better or worse) over the course of a story. 12 To guess, based on information given in the text. 13 A comparison between two things which DOES NOT use the word "like" or the word "as" 14 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 15 Language which engages the senses and creates a picture in the mind of the reader 16 the author's word choice 17 A comparison between two things which uses the word "like" or the word "as" Infer Diction Theme Rhetorical Question Allusion Metaphor Statement of Theme Complex Character Foreshadowing Simile Cultural Value Personification Explicit Tone Archetype Imagery Implicit/ Implied