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