Vocabulary: High School English

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words

The perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person or third-person narration.

A word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition.

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

The time and place in which a story takes place.

HInts or clues in a story that suggest future events.

Words that sound the same or look the same but have different meanings.

A word that describes or modifies a noun.

A figure of speech that describes one thing as if it were another, suggesting a direct comparison.

A story, poem, or image with a hidden meaning, often conveying moral or political messages.

The process of developing a character's personality, traits, and characteristics.

The use of symbols or objects to represent abstract ideas or concepts.

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.

A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

The central idea or message of a literary work.

Giving human characteristics to non-human things or animals.

The struggle between opposing forces in a story, which can be internal or external.

The main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.

A character whose qualities or actions emphasize the qualities of another character.

A literary technique where the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning, creating contrast or humor.

A word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

A word that represents a person, place, or thing

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

The part of the sentence that provides information about the subject and contains the verb.

A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as".

Words with opposite meanings.

Words with similar meanings.

The main character or hero of a story.

Words that imitate sounds.

A category or type of literature, such as fiction, non-fiction, or poetry.

Marks used in writing, such as periods, commas, and quotation marks to clarify meaning and structure.

The written conversation between characters in a story.

The grammatical category that indicates when an action took place.

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.

The organization of words and phrases to create a complete sentence.

The character or force that opposes the protagonist