English 2 Literary Term List Fall 2015
1. antagonist 2. aside 3. atmosphere 4. blank verse 5. character 6. character foil 7. characterization (DIRECT) 8. characterization (indirect) 9. climax 11. denouement 12. dialogue 13. drama 14. dramatic irony 16. falling action 17. fiction 18. figurative language 19. foil | 20. genre 21. hyperbole 22. iambic pentameter 23. imagery 24. irony 25. metaphor 26. monologue 27. narrator 28. narration 29. novel 30. parable 31. personification 32. persuasion 33. plot 34. point of view 35. first person POV 36. third person POV 37. prose | 38. protagonist 39. repetition 40. resolution 41. rising action 42. setting 43. short story 44. simile 45. situational irony 46. soliloquy 47. speaker 48. stage directions 49. surprise ending 50. suspense 51. theme 52. tone 53. tragedy 54. tragic hero 55. universal theme 56. verbal irony |