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Literary Terms

AB
plotwhat the story is about
themewhat keeps comming up over and over agian/point of the story
settingtime and palce
conflictmain character agianst someone/something
anatagonistthe bad guy
protagonistthe good guy
verbal ironysomething said that you dont expect
ironey of the situationsomething done you dont expect
dramatic ironywhen the reader knows something the characters dont
personificationgiveg a non-human human characteristics
alliterationrepitition of consanant sounds
sterotypeunfair judgement of a group of people
tonethe authors voice(attitude)
moodhow a book makes you feels when reading it
sybbol/symbolismwhen something/someone represents something else
flashbacktemporarily going back in time
foreshadowinga hint/clue of what may happen
onomatopoeiawhen a word sounds like the noise it makes (buzz)
imagerypainting a picture with words
genrecategory
point of viewwho's telling the story
similecomparing two things using lik eor as
metaphorcomparing 2 things without using liek or as
oxymoronputting 2 opposties in one short phrase (jumbo shrimp)
inferencecoming to a concluson without know the facts
satiremaking fun of a group of people/situation
connotationmake a word sound better or worse then it really is
denotationthe dictionary definition of a word

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