Most of these terms are terms you learned in grades 8 and 9. Some we have worked with this year. Others you will need to look up just in case they show up on the exam. Typically the exams have a handful or less of questions which directly ask about literary terms, or have them in the question and expect you to know how to answer the question based on knowing what the term means.
For example, after reading a story on the exam, a question may ask you about the characterization of the protagonist...
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html - for detailed definitions of the terms below.
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For example, after reading a story on the exam, a question may ask you about the characterization of the protagonist...
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html - for detailed definitions of the terms below.
A
Alliteration
Allusion
Antagonist
Aside
Atmosphere
Audience
B
Ballad
Bias
Blank verse
C
Character
Chronological order
Cliché
Climax
Colloquial
Comedy
Compare
Conflict (internal, external)
Connotation
Contrast
D
Denotation
Description
Dialogue
Direct presentation
Drama
Dynamic character
E
Exposition; expository
F
Falling action
Figurative language
First person point of view
Flashback
Flat character
Foil
Foreshadowing
Free verse
G
Genre
H
Hyperbole
I
Image
Imagery
Indirect presentation
Irony
J
Jargon
L
Limited omniscient
point of view
Lyric
M
Metaphor
Mood
N
Narration
Narrative
Narrator
O
Objective point of view
Omniscient point of view
Onomatopoeia
P
Paradox
Personification
Persuasion; persuasive
Plot
Point of view
Propaganda
Protagonist
R
Refrain
Resolution
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Rhythm
Rising action
Round character
S
Sarcasm
Satire
Setting
Simile
Slang
Sonnet
Speaker
Stanza
Static character
Stereotyped character
Style
Suspense
Symbol; symbolism
T
Theme
Tone
Tragedy
U
Understatement
