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Understanding Key Literary Terms: Analogy, Attitude, Character, Climax, and More

This flashcard set delves into essential literary terms, offering definitions and examples. Key concepts include "analogy," highlighting the comparison between different problems; "attitude," which encompasses the mindset towards people or situations; "character," defining individual traits; "climax," identifying pivotal moments in stories; and more such as "conclusion," "metaphor," "setting," and "simile." Each term is vital for students and literature enthusiasts looking to enhance their comprehension and analytical skills in storytelling and writing.

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Understanding Key Literary Terms: Analogy, Attitude, Character, Climax, and More

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  1. ELA FLASH CARDS By Zane Moore

  2. ANALOGY • similarity or comparability • I see no analogy between your problem and mine.

  3. ATITUDE • manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind • a negative attitude; group attitudes.

  4. infer • to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: • They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.

  5. CHARACTER • the features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. • The boy was short, skinny, blonde hair, he was 4 foot4,.

  6. CLIMAX • a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. • The climax of the movie “harry potter and the deathly hallows” was when Gobi died.

  7. CONCLUSION • the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached. • In conclusion the pig was arrested.

  8. metaphor • figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. • “A mighty fortress is our god”

  9. Fact • something that actually exists; reality; truth • I go and see my grandparents almost every weekend.

  10. SETTING • the surroundings or environment of anything. • The setting of my grandparents back yard Is a lot of woods.

  11. SIMILE • a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as is • “she is like a rose”. • “The girl likes pickles more than a pig likes mud”

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