Lit - Terms

Mood

the emotional response that the writer wants to evoke in the reader through story - reader connect with story

Tone

Author’s attitude towards a certain topic - word choice

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

onomatopoeia

sound associated with what is named - pop

Dramatic irony

point in the story where the reader knows more than the characters

oxymoron

figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear - deafening silence or organized mess

Situational irony

opposite of what was expected

Human vs society

character against the human world

Human vs nature

character struggling against the physical world

Human vs human

2 characters fighting

Human vs self

internal

Human vs supernatural

conflict with a god (or god form) - religious

Human vs technology

character against robots/machines

Freytag’s pyramid order

1. exposition
2. rising action
3. climax
4. falling action
5. conclusion

personification

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

metaphor

comparison (something **is** something else)

simile

comparison (something is **like/as** something)

symbol

symbols representing ideas

direct characterization

straightforward description

indirect characterization

description through actions/thoughts

plot

series of events related to a central topic

Character/Characterization

* individuals taking part in the action
* creating/describing a character

setting

time/place of when the story occurs

conflict

internal/external

POV 1st/3rd

1: someone doing/witnessing action

3: outside (observing)

Limited POV (3rd)

only narrator/ single character revealed

Omniscient POV (3rd)

all characters revealed

theme

central idea about life revealed through literary work

symbol

object/person has a literal meaning, but suggests/represents something else