Literature Exam Study Guide

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Literature: Exam Study Guide

Literary Elements:

Irony: words that

differ from their actual meanings

Flashback:

explaining past events

Setting: the time

and place of the story

1st Person

Point of View: story is told by narrator

3rd Person

Limited Point of View: narrator only knows everything about one character

3rd Person

Omniscient: narrator knows everything about everyone

Conflict:

resistance protagonist finds in achieving his dreams. Man vs man. Man vs

nature.

Repetition: repeating

Theme: links all

aspects of literary work together and basically forms main subject

Imagery: using

descriptive words to explain something

Characterization:

when an author introduces a character

Indirect Characterization: when the author describes a character

through words or actions Not obviously

Direct Characterization: when an author obviously describes a

character

Personification:

giving human characteristics to an inanimate object

Symbolism: using

an object as a way of hinting at something else

Mood: stance of

the author in shaping an emotional perspective towards

Tone: perspective

or attitude of the author towards a specific character

Simile: comparing

using like or as

Metaphor:

comparing by not using like or as

Rhyme Scheme:

ABAB rhyme in a poem that is consistent

Alliteration:

words with letters belonging to the same sound group

Parts of a Plot:

Exposition: beginning

Rising Action: when the conflict starts

to become evident

Climax: the main actions of

the story

Falling Action: when the conflict

begins to be resolved

Denouement: the ending where the

resolution is suggested

Novels

Phantom

F451

To Build A Fire

Most Dangerous Game

Lottery

Monkey’s Paw

Ransom of Red Chief

Pie paragraph