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| a narrative in which the underlying meaning is different from the surface meaning |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words or accented syllables |
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| a brief and sometimes indirect reference to a person, place, event, or work of art |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or line of poetry |
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| an emotional quality often developed through the handling of the setting |
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| a type of literature which gives an account of a persons life or part of the persons life written by the individual himself/herself |
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| a narrative song or poem handed down orally from generation to generation |
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| a type of literature that gives an account of a persons life written by another person |
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| the techniques used by an author in creating a character |
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| the decisive action or turning point in a series of events in a narrative |
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| an interplay between opposing forces, the main problem in the plot |
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| the direct presentation of conversation between two or more characters |
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| a type of literature written to be acted out by actors on stage |
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| prose writings that tell about people and happenings, which have been created by the author |
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| using words out of their literal, exact meaning to create a deeper less obvious meaning in the mind of the reader |
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| hints by the author of events to come later in the plot of a story |
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| the use of vivid, concrete, sensory details to create a picture in the mind of a reader |
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| expression in which the ordinary meaning of the words is the opposite of the thought in the readers mind |
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| an event contrary to what would naturally be expected |
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| a figure of speech involving an implied comparison of two unlike things |
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| a traditional story connected with the religion of a people, frequently to explain some happening in nature or some specific belief |
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| the person who tells the story- could be a character (first person) or an uninvolved narrator (third person) |
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| words used in such a way that the sounds of the words imitate the sounds of what the words represent |
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| a figure of speech in which an abstract quality or an inanimate object is given the characteristics or qualities of a human being |
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