Literary Terms Practice

a comparison between two things without using like or as

the manner at which an author develops characters and their personalities

language that appeals to the five senses

the underlying main idea of a literary work

use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning

figure of speech in which non-human objects are given human qualities

the narrator is a character in the story

pull together parts to make a whole

the main character in a literary work

the turning point of a literary work

the comparison of two unlike things using like or as

the vantage point from which a literary work is told

the method of returning to an earlier point in time to make the present clear

The time and place of a literary work

hint of what is to come in a literary work

the source of conflict in a literary work

struggle between two or more opposing forces

refers to the pattern of sounds made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

briefly organize and bring together the main points

repetition of initial consonant sounds of words