DO YOU KNOW YOUR LITERARY TERMS? DIRECTIONS: Match each literary term to its definition.

Motif Foreshadowing Protagonist Antagonist Verbal Irony
Plot Hyperbole Soliloquy Characterization Symbol/Symbolism
Tone Dramatic Irony Stereotype Dialogue Figurative Language

1. The character that is the source of conflict in a literary work.

2. The way in which an author develops the personalities of his or her characters.

3. Direct speech between characters in a literary work.

4. Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar to it.

5. A hint of what is to come in a literary work.

6. Extreme exaggeration for the purpose of adding meaning.

7. When the reader knows something that the character does not.

8. When a character says one thing but means another.

9. A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme.

10. The sequence of events in a literary work.

11. The main character in a literary work.

12. A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts a loud while alone.
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13. Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots or settings.

14. When one thing is used to represent something else.

15. The author’s attitude towards the subject of a literary work.