DO YOU KNOW YOUR LITERARY TERMS?
DIRECTIONS: Match each literary term to its definition.
Motif Foreshadowing Protagonist Antagonist Verbal Irony
Plot Hyperbole Soliloquy Characterization Symbol/Symbolism
Tone Dramatic Irony Stereotype Dialogue Figurative Language
1. ___________________ The character that is the source of conflict in a literary work.
2. ____________________ The way in which an author develops the personalities of his or her characters.
3. ___________________ Direct speech between characters in a literary work.
4. ___________________ Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar to it.
5. ___________________ A hint of what is to come in a literary work.
6. ___________________ Extreme exaggeration for the purpose of adding meaning.
7. ___________________ When the reader knows something that the character does not.
8. ___________________ When a character says one thing but means another.
9. ___________________ A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme.
10. ___________________ The sequence of events in a literary work.
11. ___________________ The main character in a literary work.
12. ___________________ A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts a loud while alone.
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13. ___________________ Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots or settings.
14. ___________________ When one thing is used to represent something else.
15. ___________________ The author’s attitude towards the subject of a literary work.