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