Back to School Review

spoken conversation between characters.

a comparison of two unlike things, using “like” or “as”

is where a human struggles against two or more elements within himself.

______ is the character that is directly opposed to the protagonist (a rival, opponent, enemy).

is the figurative use of words in a certain way that has meaning that should not be taken literally.

When one thing is said, but something else, usually the opposite, is meant

the central message or lesson in a literary work. The theme is usually an idea about life or about people.

a narrator outside the story, uses third-person pronouns “he,” and “she,” no use of “I” telling the story

It involves a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

​the time and place of the action of a story

– told by the narrator in the story who uses the first person pronoun “I”

something concrete, such as an object, person, place or happening, that stands for or represents something beyond itself

The repetition of initial consonant sounds. EX. Sally sat on the side of the road.

an interruption in the major action of a story to show an episode that happened at an earlier time and place.

When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know

a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

the use of words that imitate sounds

is where humans struggle against other humans or human forms

_______ is how a character is developed throughout the story.

something is described as though it were something else, points out similarity between two unlike things

the way in which a writer uses their choice of words to convey the writer’s attitude or feelings

word choice or the use of words in speech or writing

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect

set of ideas associated with a word, in addition to its explicit meaning.

prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, and events

a brief work of fiction that presents a sequence of events, or plot.

the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas; the use of the five senses

clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot

is where man struggles with weather, wind, water or other natural elements.

a lesson taught by a literary work. Moral must be made by the reader based on other elements in the story.