Relacionar Columnas Midterm Lit Terms Review (WL)Versión en línea A review of literary terms used throughout the semester which will appear as answer choices or which will be embedded in the body of questions on the midterm. por Alicia Buckley 1 A repeated idea, usually a lesson or a moral, which can be tracked throughout a story 2 To guess, based on information given in the text. 3 A comparison between two things which uses the word "like" or the word "as" 4 Information which is directly stated in a text; and which leaves no room for multiple interpretations 5 Something important to a group of people, living in a specific place and in a specific time period. 6 A question which does not require a direct answer, but is meant to make you think 7 A reference in literature to another famous work (can be another work of literature, a piece of music, a work or art, and important historical event or figure, etc.) 8 When an author hints at future events in a text. 9 When a author gives human traits to a non-human thing in a text 10 A comparison between two things which DOES NOT use the word "like" or the word "as" 11 What we call a character who develops and changes (for better or worse) over the course of a story. 12 The author's attitude toward a subject OR A character's attitude toward a subject 13 The name for the technique of providing the entire basic plot of a story to readers at the very beginning, so that the reader can focus more on details when they make their way through the story 14 A type of character found across cultures and in many different time periods, like "The Hero" 15 Indirectly stated, or hinted at 16 the author's word choice 17 Language which engages the senses and creates a picture in the mind of the reader Theme Archetype Personification Complex Character Diction Infer Cultural Value Imagery Tone Allusion Metaphor Foreshadowing Simile Statement of Theme Explicit Implicit/ Implied Rhetorical Question