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