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