POETIC TERMS REVIEW CHART



Short Story Unit Literary Terms Review Chart

|TERM |DEFINITION |EXAMPLE FROM |

| | |SHORT STORY UNIT |

|alliteration |The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of | |

| |words close together | |

|allusion |A brief reference to a historical figure, place, event, | |

| |work of art, etc. | |

|antagonist |The force working against the main character | |

|characterization |The methods an author uses to reveal a character's | |

| |personality directly and indirectly | |

|conflict |The struggle or problem that occurs between two opposing | |

| |forces in a story | |

|dialect |A manner of speaking that is specific to a particular | |

| |region | |

|diction |A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words | |

|exposition |The introduction of the setting, characters, and central | |

|(basic situation) |conflict in the story | |

|falling action |The actions that occur after the climax but before the | |

| |resolution | |

|flashback |An interruption in the present action to show what happened| |

|flashforward |earlier or later | |

|foreshadowing |Hints supplied by the author of what is to come later in | |

| |the story | |

|hyperbole |A bold overstatement, a grand exaggeration | |

|idiom |An expression that does not make sense when translated | |

| |literally but has a popular and accepted meaning | |

| |(Ex.: She sang at the top of her lungs.) | |

|imagery |Language that appeals to the senses and paints a picture in| |

| |the reader’s mind | |

|irony | | |

|dramatic |when the reader or audience knows something important that | |

| |the characters do not know | |

| |when what happens in a story is the opposite of what is | |

|situational |expected | |

| |when the speaker says one thing but the reader expects | |

|verbal |another | |

|mood |The overall feeling or atmosphere created within a story | |

|plot |A series of related events that compose a story | |

|point of view | | |

|first person |from the perspective of someone in the story, using the | |

| |pronoun "I" | |

|point of view (cont’d) | | |

|second person |from the perspective of someone in the reader's mind, using| |

| |the pronoun "you" | |

| |from the perspective of a outsider, sharing the thoughts | |

|third person limited |and feelings of one character, using pronouns like "he", | |

| |"she" and "they" | |

| |from the perspective of a outsider, sharing the thoughts | |

| |and feelings of more than one character, using pronouns | |

|third person omniscient |like "he", "she" and "they" | |

|protagonist |The main character | |

|pun |A clever play on words meant to be humorous | |

|resolution |The ultimate conclusion of a story | |

|(denouement) | | |

|rising action |The actions that build to the climax of the story | |

|setting |The time and location of a story | |

|theme |A universal message or insight about life that a text |A theme revealed in ___________________ is… |

| |reveals | |

|tone |The attitude a writer takes toward the subject, characters,|The writer’s tone in ___________________ is…|

| |and audience | |

| | |Clear evidence for this is… |

| | | |

|understatement |A purposeful downplaying of something. (Ex. Adele has an OK| |

| |voice.) | |

|unreliable narrator |A narrator who cannot be trusted to represent the story | |

| |accurately | |

|figurative |TERM |DEFINITION |EXAMPLE FROM |

|Language | | |SHORT STORY UNIT |

| | | | |

| |metaphor |A direct comparison between two unalike things | |

| |personification |A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given | |

| | |human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | |

| |simile |An indirect comparison between two unalike things, using | |

| | |like or as | |

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