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