ELA II Literary Terms Review

3. Logical appeal
4. Hints the author gives about what will happen later in the story
6. To take notes on your reading
11. The universal message an author sends through their writing
13. The quality of being trustworthy or believable
15. Statements which acknowledge the opposing viewpoint
17. A recurring symbol that is often tied to a thematic topic
18. An indirect reference to another literary work
20. Character A character who makes no significant change(s) over the course of a story
22. Extreme exaggeration
25. The dictionary definition of a word
27. Characterization The author explicitly tells the audience what a character is like
28. Conflict A struggle within oneself
29. Action Significant events which progress the primary conflict towards its climax

1. The character who creates a problem for the protagonist
2. Words with spelling that mimics the actual sound they make
5. A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
6. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
7. An interjected scene that takes the narration of a story back in time
8. Narrator A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story
9. Character Two-dimensional character who is defined by a single trait or characteristic
10. A mild, “nicer” word used to substitute one that is too harsh when discussing something unpleasant
12. The turning point of the primary conflict
14. Character A character who makes 1 or more significant changes throughout the story
16. An author’s credibility
19. Action Significant events which lead to a resolution of the story’s primary conflict
21. The final solution to the primary conflict of a story
23. The introduction of a story when the characters and setting are first described
24. People and animals who are involved in a conflict in a story
25. Word choice
26. Person Narrator A narrator who is a character involved in the story

ELA II Literary Terms Review - Part 1