10th Grade Unit 1 Quiz #1

mood

also called atmosphere, the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

setting

the time and place of the action in a literary work

direct characterization

a writer states the character's traits, or characteristics

indirect characterization

a writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the character's traits.

personification

When a non-human subject is given human characteristics

imagery

the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

elements of Gothic Literature

bleak setting, tortured characters, strange or violent plot, dramatic description, gloomy mood, recurring symbolism

denotation

the dictionary meaning of a word

connotation

the set of ideas and feelings associated with a word

Elements of Magical Realism

recognizable characters, realistic setting and details, fantastic events, unimpressed tone

idioms

commonly used expressions that are not meant literally

homonyms

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.