Final Exam Study Guide
English 3 Honors – Final Exam Study Guide
C. Whitley
Literary Elements – define the following literary elements atmosphere: the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work. flashback: a transition in a story to a previous event that happened in a character's life. denouement: the final solution allegory: when characters and objects stand for ideas outside of the original meaning hyperbole: a figure of speech in which the truth in exaggerated for emphasis metaphor: directly compares 2 unlike things without using like or as. analogy: th e comparison of two things which have the same relationship. direct characterization: how an author tells his or her reader about a character, occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner. indirect characterization: when the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance. round character: characters who are most like real people because they have depth. flat character: characters who can be fully described in a single sentence because they no depth. tone: is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. setting: an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place irony: when words are used to have a different meaning from the actual meaning of the words. theme: a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. third omniscient p.o.v: narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story. rd 3 objective p.o.v.: t he narrator can only relate to the reader what is seen or heard. rd 3 limited p.o.v: the narrator is able to see into the mind of a single character. first person p.o.v: where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him/herself or sharing events that he/she is
C. Whitley
Literary Elements – define the following literary elements atmosphere: the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work. flashback: a transition in a story to a previous event that happened in a character's life. denouement: the final solution allegory: when characters and objects stand for ideas outside of the original meaning hyperbole: a figure of speech in which the truth in exaggerated for emphasis metaphor: directly compares 2 unlike things without using like or as. analogy: th e comparison of two things which have the same relationship. direct characterization: how an author tells his or her reader about a character, occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner. indirect characterization: when the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance. round character: characters who are most like real people because they have depth. flat character: characters who can be fully described in a single sentence because they no depth. tone: is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. setting: an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place irony: when words are used to have a different meaning from the actual meaning of the words. theme: a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. third omniscient p.o.v: narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story. rd 3 objective p.o.v.: t he narrator can only relate to the reader what is seen or heard. rd 3 limited p.o.v: the narrator is able to see into the mind of a single character. first person p.o.v: where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him/herself or sharing events that he/she is