1.  Literary Terms –  Take 4 sheets of blank computer paper.  Fold in half side-to-side and top-to-bottom so that you get 4 squares. You will use both sides so that each sheet of paper will have 8 terms.

2.  1.ALLUSION: - A reference in one work of literature to a person, place, or event in another work of literature, history, art, or music.  2.ANALOGY: - A extended comparison showing similarities between two things.  Example: Juliet comparing Romeo to a rose.

3.  3.Antagonist: - The character who works against the protagonist and who introduces the conflict.  4.Aside: - Words spoken in a play, usually so other characters can’t hear, or spoken to the audience.

4.  5. BLANK VERSE: - Unrhymed iambic pentameter  6. CHARACTERIZATI ON:-  The personality a character displays and how the author reveals that.

5. 7. CLIMAX:- The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense.  8. CONFLICT: - A struggle between forces or characters.  MvMan  MvNature  MvSelf  MvGod  MvSociety

6.  9. COUPLET: - Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.  10. DRAMATIC IRONY: When the audience knows something that the character on stage doesn’t.

7.  11. FOIL: - A character who sets off another character by contrast.  12. FORESHADOWING: Clues or hints that suggest something to come later.

8.  13. IAMBIC METER: - Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable:  Example: “A-gain”  14. IAMBIC PENTAMETER: Five verse feet with each foot an iamb (Total=10 syllables)

9.  15: IMAGERY: Language used that appeals to one of the five senses or combination of senses.  16. IRONY: - When there is a difference between appearance and reality.

10.  17. METAPHOR: A comparison between two unlike things:  “She is an angel”  18. MOTIVATION: A reason that explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.

11.  19. PROTAGONIST: the main character in a story or play (usually our “hero”).  20. PUN: A play on words to suggest two meanings at once:  Example: “I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.”

12. 21. MONOLOGUE: A long uninterrupted speech given in front of other characters.  22.OXYMORON. A figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory terms.  “Parting is sweet sorrow”  “Fresh frozen fish”

13.  23. PERSONIFICATION: Giving human characteristics to something non-human.  24. SIMILE: A comparison using the words like or as.  Example: She looks like an angel.

14.  25.SITUATIONAL IRONY: a contrast between what happens and what was expected to happen.  26. SOLILOQUY: A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts aloud.

15.  27.SYMBOL: any object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and stands for something else.  Example: Owls can symbolize wisdsom or death.  28. SUSPENSE: The quality of a literary work that makes the reader/viewer uncertain to tense about what will happen next.

16.  29. THEME: The central idea of a work of literature.  30. VERBAL IRONY: A contrast between what is said and what is meant.  Example: Sarcasm