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
10.  conflict

11.  denouement

12.  dialogue

13.  drama

14.  dramatic irony
15.  exposition

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