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