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 Information which is directly stated in a text; and which leaves no room for multiple interpretations 2 the author's word choice 3 To guess, based on information given in the text. 4 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.) 5 A repeated idea, usually a lesson or a moral, which can be tracked throughout a story 6 A question which does not require a direct answer, but is meant to make you think 7 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 8 A comparison between two things which uses the word "like" or the word "as" 9 A type of character found across cultures and in many different time periods, like "The Hero" 10 Something important to a group of people, living in a specific place and in a specific time period. 11 When an author hints at future events in a text. 12 Indirectly stated, or hinted at 13 The author's attitude toward a subject OR A character's attitude toward a subject 14 When a author gives human traits to a non-human thing in a text 15 Language which engages the senses and creates a picture in the mind of the reader 16 What we call a character who develops and changes (for better or worse) over the course of a story. 17 A comparison between two things which DOES NOT use the word "like" or the word "as" Statement of Theme Rhetorical Question Explicit Tone Metaphor Theme Simile Diction Infer Complex Character Personification Archetype Allusion Cultural Value Imagery Foreshadowing Implicit/ Implied