Literary Devices - Pre-AP Flashcards

6522868713	allusion	to reference something well known (like the Bible, mythology, history, literature, people...)	0
6522868714	antagonist	the character or force in conflict with the main character	1
6522868715	mood	the feeling created in the reader	2
6522868716	character	a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work	3
6522868717	static character	a character who doesn't change, their heart/personality stays the same	4
6522868718	dynamic character	develops and grows during the course of a story, they change	5
6522868719	flat character	shows only one trait	6
6522868720	characterization	the development of a character	7
6522868721	indirect characterization	the author lets us decide about the character by telling us the characters; speech, looks/clothing, inner thoughts, actions, what other's say about them	8
6522868722	direct characterization	the author directly states the character's traits	9
6522868723	plot	the sequence of events in a literary work	10
6522868724	exposition	introduces the setting, characters and basic situation	11
6522868725	rising action	all events leading up to the climax	12
6522868726	climax	the high point of interest or suspense	13
6522868727	falling action	leads up to the denouement/resolution	14
6522868728	resolution	the conflicts are resolved	15
6522868729	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	16
6522868730	internal conflict	a character in conflict with him or herself	17
6522868731	external conflict	a character in conflict with outside forces	18
6522868732	man vs man	character is in conflict with another person	19
6522868733	man vs society	character is in conflict with society	20
6522868734	man vs nature	character is in conflict with nature	21
6522868735	dialogue	a conversation between two character	22
6522868736	diction	writer's word choice	23
6522868737	fiction	narrative writing drawn from the imagination	24
6522868738	flashback	events that occurred prior (before) the opening scene of the work	25
6522868739	foil	a character who is used as contrast to another character	26
6522868740	foreshadowing	to present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand (tell you what is going to happen before it happens)	27
6522868741	genre	category or type of literature	28
6522868742	imagery	language that appeals to the five senses	29
6522868743	irony	a difference between what is said/happens and what is expected	30
6522868744	verbal irony	when the author says one thing and means another	31
6522868745	dramatic irony	is when the audience perceives something that a character in the literature doesn't know	32
6522868746	situational irony	a difference between the expected result and the actual result	33
6522868747	metaphor	a comparison of two unlike things	34
6522868748	moral	lesson taught by a story or fable	35
6522868749	narrative	a kind of writing that tells a story	36
6522868750	personification	giving human qualities to an non-human objects	37
6522868751	point of view	the vantage point from which the author tells a story	38
6522868752	first person	one character tells the story	39
6522868753	third person limited	narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character	40
6522868754	third person omniscient	narrator tells the story but knows everything about all characters	41
6522868755	protagonist	the main character in a story	42
6522868756	satire	a type of writing that ridicules (critizes) something in order to reveal a weakness	43
6522868757	setting	time, place and atmosphere of a story	44
6522868758	short story	a short fictional prose narrative	45
6522868759	simile	the comparison of two unlike things using like or as	46
6522868760	style	combination of the ideas expressed and the author's individuality	47
6522868761	suspense	uncertainty or anxiety felt about what might happen in a story	48
6522868762	symbol	using an object or action that means something more than it's literal meaning	49
6522868763	theme	the major recurring idea, larger meaning of a work	50
6522868764	tone	the author's attitude towards the subject/audience	51