Literary Terms

3. Characters who undergo significant internal change, transformation, or development (e.g., learning a lesson, shifting beliefs).
5. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
7. A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
8. Characters who remain largely the same, lacking emotional or personal growth, from the beginning to the end of the narrative.
10. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
11. Complex, multi-dimensional characters with varied, sometimes contradictory traits.
12. A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each stanza
15. The central character or leading figure, often with whom the audience empathizes.
17. A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
18. A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba

1. The pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to indicate corresponding rhymes
2. A poem or song that tells a story
4. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme; a stanza
6. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five
9. _____Characterization The author reveals a character’s personality through their actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and interactions with others.
13. One-dimensional, simple characters defined by a single trait or role.
14. _____Characterization The author explicitly tells the reader what a character is like (e.g., "he was mean").
16. The character, group, or force that opposes the protagonist, causing conflict.