LITERARY TERMS

a character that grows and changes over the course of a story

the perspective from which story is told

character causing the conflict/problem in a story

A story in which characters represent abstract qualities or ideas.

a situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur or exist does occur or exist

a non-human subject is given human characteristics

the atmosphere or feeling an author creates within the piece of writing

can be internal or external struggle between opposing forces/characters in a story

attitude the writer takes toward their subject or audience such as informal and formal

an author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

anything that stands for or represents something else

positive or negative emotional feeling a word is associated with or causes

central message, idea, or concern expressed directly or indirectly in a literary work

words that imitate sounds

clearly and directly stated

types of literature: poetry, prose, drama, science fiction, etc

comparison made without using "like" or "as"

word or expression that is meant to be taken as factual

comparison using "like" or "as"

beginning of a story that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation

an expression not to be taken literally (raining cats and dogs)

The exact meaning of a word

creative writing technique used to appeal to the imagination and create visual images

words/phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help create a vivid description

main character experiencing the conflict/problem in a story

a fully developed character having both faults and virtues the reader knows well

group of lines in a poem

a character who does not undergo a change over the course of a story

repetition of first letter sound - Rabbits ruined my roses.

use of extreme exaggeration

interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate an earlier incident or set of events

a reason that explains/partially explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

a conclusion made by the reader based on available information

understood, but not directly stated