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Literary Terms, part 2

The following vocabulary words are literary terms taken from your Literature Book.

AB
biographyan account of a real person's life
connotationthe emotional assiciations surrounding a word
denotationthe dictionary definition of a word
dialogueconverstation between two or more characters
flashbackan interruption in the action of a story to show an episode that happened at an earlier time
foreshadowingthe author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the narrative
inferencea reasonable and intelligent conclusion drawn by the reader from hints provided by the author
narrativea story of account of an event or a series of events
point of viewthe vantage point from which an author presents the actions and characters of a story
themethe underlying meaning of a work


Virginia Cooper

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