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