Pre-AP Literary Terms Flashcards

7419097993	Climax	The point of greatest interest in a story or play. Usually occurs near the end of a story, after the reader has understood the conflict and become emotionally involved with the characters. The conflict is resolved and the outcome of the plot usually becomes clear.	0
7419097996	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces.	1
7419098001	1st Person Point of View	The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our )	2
7419098002	3rd Person (limited)	The narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels and observes.	3
7419098003	3rd Person (omniscient)	an all-knowing point of view, where the narrator sees into the minds of all the characters.	4
7419098004	Resolution	the final outcome of the story	5
7419098006	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	6
7419098007	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	7
7419098010	Alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	8
7419098014	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	9
7419098015	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	10
7419098016	Theme	A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.	11
7419098018	Protagonist	the main character in a literary work	12
7419098019	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	13
7419330971	Idiom	A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.	14
7419343490	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	15
7419374788	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	16
7419380601	Oxymoron	It is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.	17
7419391783	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	18
7419425045	Extended Metaphor	Comparison that continues for several lines or possibly the entire length of a work	19