Matching Pairs Literary Terms 3Online version Using your prior knowledge, match the definition of the literary term with the term name. by Laura Haney 1 Symbol 2 Situational irony 3 Setting 4 Stage directions 5 Theme 6 Tone 7 Simile 8 Round character 9 Verbal Irony 10 Style 11 Static character the way the author feels toward his or her subject an author’s individual writing qualities when the opposite of what one expects occurs when someone says the opposite of what he or she means part of a play that tells what actors do; not spoken aloud when reading lines character with many different traits, sides, or characteristics comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” an object used to represent an object, person, or idea; adds deeper meaning to storyline the time AND place of a story a central idea or message an author focuses on in a piece character who does not change over the course of the story