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