L to J Terms

Category of text having a particular form(folktale, poetry, etc.)

Use of a concrete object to represent an emotion, belief, or principle

When an event is inserted into the normal chronological(time) order to explain an earlier event

Human characteristics given to animals, plants, or other objects

The author's attitude toward a subject

Hint in someway of what will happen in the story

When the main character meets an unhappy or disastrous end

A word that imitates the sound associated with its object or action

Stories set in the past that try to recreate a time past using fiction.

Literary work based on imagination and not on facts

Point in the story when the conflict is resolved

The feeling created in the reader's mind by a work.

A comparison between two unlike things

Story meant to teach a lesson that often has animals that speak and act like humans

The narrator is a character in the story

Comparison between two things using like or as

The origin of a word

Sensory details that create pictures in our minds

Language of a specific region or group of people

Time and place in which a story occurs

Perspective from which a story is told

An extreme exaggeration used for comedic effect.

When the author reveals characters through thoughts, words, actions, and how others react to them.

Traditional stories involving gods/goddesses that explain nature.

Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.