LITERARY TERMS 31-44 plus

the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing

conversation between two or more people

the central idea of a work of literature; what a text teaches about life

language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

the audience or reader knows something that a character in a play or story doesn't know

a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different

use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (crackle, pop, fizz, click, zoom)

generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

the attitude the writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

the part of literary analysis that focuses on an author’s vocabulary and word choices

poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

when one line of poetry ends without a pause or punctuation and continues onto the next line

group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens

a song or songlike poem that tells a story

the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story

figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

a reference to a statement, person, place, or an event from literature, history, religion, etc.

repetition of similar vowel sounds that are close together in a poem