Duplicate of Literary Terms Review 1

It is a type of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common. 

is the telling of stories which are not entirely based upon facts.

His skin was as cold as ice.It felt as hard as rock.She looked as gentle as a lamb.

The ________________ of a literary work is the time and place of the action.  

is someone’s view, or belief, or way of thinking about something.

is a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, is given human qualities

describing something has happened in the past

It is  a figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. Use the words like or as.

struggle within a character

Her home was a prison. America is a melting pot. Examples of:

a fictional tale that explains the gods or heroes

are the major divisions of a play

The ___________ of a literary work is its central message.

name a reading strategy

The flowers begged for water. Lightning danced across the sky.

you are telling how things are different.

comparison between words or phrases, focusing on a similarity

narrator is not a character in the story, uses words like she, he, they

comparison of two things not using like or as

Which strategy is used for poetry?

is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.

a regional variety of language distinguished from other regional varieties by features

is a statement that can be proven as true

If you compare two things you tell how they are alike.

The Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall.

is the author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

are words that have the same, or almost the same meaning.

is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future

refers to putting events or actions in order. One example is chronological order.

Extraterrestrials exist.

human characteristics given to non-humans

emotion or feeling of the writer

Wolves are members of the canine family, but hyenas are members of the feline family.

uses carefully chosen language - similies, metaphors, personification.

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. How the characters feel.

From Latin, "likeness" or "comparison"Example: Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard.

is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact.

use of objects to represent larger idea

turning point in the story (the most action)

The wall was made of rocks.The wall was made of stones.