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| A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon of moonlight. |
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| A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. |
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| Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Alliteration is used to create melody, establish mood, call attention to important words, and point out similarities and contrasts. Example: wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken |
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| A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. It is a comparison which the author uses to show something in an entirely new light, to communicate a certain feeling or attitude towards it and to control the way a reader perceives it. Example: a brave handsome brute fell with a creaking rending cry--the author is giving a tree human qualities |
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| The use of words that mimic sounds. They appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. A string of syllables the author has made up to represent the way a sound really sounds. Example: Caarackle! |
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| The events after the climax which close the story |
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| The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can’t tell us the thoughts of the characters |
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| The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. |
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| The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters |
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| is the essence of fiction. It creates plot. The conflicts we encounter can usually be identified as one of four kinds. |
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| Conflict that pits one person against another. |
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| An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story. |
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| is the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is. |
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| The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant. |
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| This refers to a happening that is the opposite of what is expected or intended. |
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| This occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know |
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| The author’s attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject. Some possible attitudes are pessimism, optimism, earnestness, seriousness, bitterness, humorous, and joyful. An author’s tone can be revealed through choice of words and details |
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| The climate of feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute towards creating a specific mood |
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| A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well |
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| The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. |
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| Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses |
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| Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else |
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| An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several million occasions |
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| what is the font for MLA format? |
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| 12 font, either ariel or times new roman. |
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