English 11 EOC Lit Terms

when an object stands for or represents something else, usually figuratively 

any person or animal that takes part in a literary work

In the Harry Potter novels, Voldemort, who tries to kill Harry multiple times, is the

part of the text that introduces the setting, characters, and situation

the highest point of interest or suspense

events that directly follow the plot's climax

When phrases or sentences have "matching" grammatical structures

when the sequence of events is interrupted to revisit the past

the feeling created in the reader

the use of concrete details that appeal to one's sense of sight, scent, touch, taste, or sound

a feeling of uncertainty in a text, usually motivates the reader onward

two lines of rhyme

"It was a dark and stormy night. The wind howled and the rain fell in torrents." This creates

the relationship between the narrator and the story itself (the narrator's perspective)

the concluding part of a text (after the falling action)

when things turn out contrary to what is expected 

a 14-line poem

the speaker or character who tells the story

the author's attitude toward a subject

The main character in a short story, novel, or play

events leading up to the text's climax

giving clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

anyone or anything that causes some kind of conflict for the main character

a four-line verse or poem is a 

the time and place in which the action occurs

a struggle between two opposing forces

a reference to a well known person, place, thing, story (Biblical, mythological, historical)

the central idea or insightful statement