Matching Pairs Literary TermsOnline version Match up these literary devices with their definitions. by Laura Haney 1 Falling action 2 Antagonist 3 Dialogue 4 Genre 5 Exposition 6 Flat character 7 Dramatic irony 8 Dynamic character 9 Foreshadowing 10 Dialect 11 Direct characterization 12 Flashback 13 Climax 14 Diction 15 First person point-of-view 16 Figurative language 17 Alliteration 18 External conflict 19 Fiction 20 Allusion conversation between two or more characters beginning multiple words with the same consonant (she sells sea shells…) genre where at least some (if not all) details are conceived by author a style of speaking specific to a geographical area or group of people categories of writing used to sort stories a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, work of art, historical event, literary work, etc. a character that changes over the course of the story (personality change) turning point in a story (in regard to conflict) the action of a story is interrupted to relate something that happened earlier, then returns to the storyline beginning of story, giving characters and setting narrated by a character in the story; uses “I” part of story leading to resolution character that has few traits or characteristics a conflict between two people, a person and nature, a person and the supernatural, or a person and society person or force working against protagonist author hints at what is to come the author or narrator explicitly tells you a character’s qualities use of literary devices in writing; content not meant to be taken literally an author’s choice of words the audience knows more than the characters
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