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| Language that appeals to the senses. Description of people or objects stated in terms of our senses. (I walked into the gym and it smelled of old sweat.) |
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| The main point(s) that the author is trying to get across. (You need to work hard to get ahead.) |
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| A word or object that stands for another word, object, or idea. (A bird may symbolize evil.) |
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| Not a word's actual meaning, but the idea or qualities that are implied by that word. (Gold) |
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| Refers to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem or be expected to be. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be. |
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| The author's attitude, states or implied, towards a subject. Revealed through choice of words and details. (Angry, optimistic, pessimistic, serious, humorous) |
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| The climate of feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute to the mood. (Mysterious) |
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| A type of figurative language in which a statement is made that says that one thing is something else, but literary it is not. (The ocean is a tiger today.) |
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| A type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two otherwise unalike objects or ideas by connecting them with the word like or as. (Her face was shining like gold.) |
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| A comparison of two made to explain something unfamiliar through its similarities to something more familiar. (Trying to hit a golf ball is like trying to learn algebra.) |
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| An author's use of hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story. Done to build suspense and make the story more believable. |
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| An extravagant exaggeration for effect. (I am older than the hills.) |
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| Series of words with the same letter or sound at the beginning of each word. (Pete's purple piece of paper.) |
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| The main character or lead figure; the character driving the action of the story. |
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| Character who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character in some way. Does not have to be a person. Could be death, illness, etc. |
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A figure of speech where animals, ideas, or inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
Example: The wind stood up and howled across the desert. |
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Vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
1st Person- the story is told from the narrator's point of view. He/She uses I as he/she narrates the story.
3rd Person- the story is narrated from an outside point of view.
3rd Person limited- one character's point of view.
3rd Person omniscient- the narrator knows everything about all of the characters and events.
3rd Person objective- the narrator tells the story w/o forming opinions or biases.
Example: Like a documentary. |
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| The entire format, structure, and conflict make up this term. |
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| The problems or issues presented in the work. Used to drive the plot and make the story interesting. |
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| The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome. |
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| A reoccurring thematic structure in a work of literature that connects to the theme. |
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| Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. |
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| The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative. |
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| A metaphor compares two things that are not alike, and a(n) ________ continues the comparison into the rest of the sentence or the sentences that follow. __________ are very common in poetry, where they sometimes continue throughout the piece. |
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