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KNOW THESE TERMS FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM!!!

LITERARY TERMS - STUDENTS WERE GIVEN THIS LIST TO KEEP IN THEIR ENGLISH BINDER ALL YEAR

Connotation - the meaning beyond the dictionary meaning

Dialogue - conversation between two (2) or more characters

External conflict - the characters struggle against each other, nature, or society

Flashback - an interruption in the action of the story to show an event that happened earlier in
time

Hyperbole - an exaggeration statement to heighten effect

Irony - the contrast (opposite) betwwen what is expected, appreast to be, and what actually is

Metaphor - a comparison betwwen two (2) unlike things, NOT using "like" or "as"

Narration - the kind of writing or speaking that relates a story

Personification - giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

Plot - a series of related events in a story that brings about the resolution of some conflict

Simile - a direct compareison betwwen two (2) unlike things using "like" or "as"

Stereotype - a fixed, generalized idea about a character or situation

Theme - the author's intended message or underlying meaning in a literary work

Tone - the author's attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject or toward an audience

Anthology - a collection of stories, poems, and plays

characterization - the method an author uses to create a character

Denotation - the strict dictionary meaning of the word

Mood - the feeling in a literary work

Internal Conflict - the character struggles against some element of his own personality



Traditional short story stresses plot

Modern short story emphasizes character