Matching Pairs Midterm Lit Terms Review (WL)Online version 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. by Alicia Buckley 1 A comparison between two things which uses the word "like" or the word "as" 2 A question which does not require a direct answer, but is meant to make you think 3 When a author gives human traits to a non-human thing in a text 4 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 5 Information which is directly stated in a text; and which leaves no room for multiple interpretations 6 Language which engages the senses and creates a picture in the mind of the reader 7 To guess, based on information given in the text. 8 Indirectly stated, or hinted at 9 A repeated idea, usually a lesson or a moral, which can be tracked throughout a story 10 A comparison between two things which DOES NOT use the word "like" or the word "as" 11 When an author hints at future events in a text. 12 Something important to a group of people, living in a specific place and in a specific time period. 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 What we call a character who develops and changes (for better or worse) over the course of a story. 15 A type of character found across cultures and in many different time periods, like "The Hero" 16 The author's attitude toward a subject OR A character's attitude toward a subject 17 the author's word choice Tone Infer Metaphor Explicit Implicit/ Implied Foreshadowing Imagery Rhetorical Question Personification Allusion Archetype Statement of Theme Complex Character Cultural Value Theme Diction Simile
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