1. Literary Terms 7 th Grade Honors Part A Click Mouse to Advance

2. Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds

3. A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art

4. AnALogy Makes a comparison between two of more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike

5. Anecdote A brief story or short tale about an interesting, amusing, or strange event

6. Antagonist An antagonist is a character or a force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist

7. Atmosphere Often called Mood. It is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

8. Author’s Influences These influences include his or her heritage, culture, and personal beliefs

9. Author’s Style Author’s typical way of writing

10. Autobiography The story of the writer’s own life, told by the writer

11. Biography A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of a another person

12. Character A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

13. Characterization The act of creatinganddevelopingacharacter.

14. Character traits The qualities, attitudes, and values that a character has or displays---such as dependability, intelligence, selfishness, or stubbornness.

15. Climax Also called the turning point. It is the high point in the action of the plot

16. Comedy A literary work, especially a play, which is light, often humorous or satirical, and ends happily.

17. Concrete Poem Is one with a shape that suggests its subject

18. Conflict A struggle between opposing forces

19. Connotations The set of ideas associated associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

20. Denotation Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have

21. Description A portrait, in words, of a person, place, or object

22. Dialect The form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group

23. Dialogue A conversation between characters

24. Diction A writer’s or speaker’s word choice

25. Drama A story written to be performed by actors.

26. Essay A short nonfiction work about a particular subject