Literary Term Definitions

What is the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character? (Direct / Indirect)

Logical guesses based on the facts presented

What is universal message / lesson in a story, poem, or play?

the atmosphere of a literary piece

When the reader sees everything through one character's eyes, referred to as "I'.

A thing that represents something else

What is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object?

What is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

Exaggerated statement

When the narrator knows everything,& reveals details that characters couldn't reveal themselves

What is the relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story

A character makes a comment for only the audience's ears only.

When a writer or character says one thing but means another its called ?...

When the narrator reveals the thoughts & feelings but refers to the characters as "he" or "she"

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud regardless of who hears.

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in poems

What is a struggle between opposing forces that can be internal or external?

When you describe something by comparing it with something else. EX: Similies; Metaphors; 

What occurs when the reader knows something that a character in a literary work does not know?

The author's attitude toward the subject or characters

The sequence of events in which a story occurs

What are words and phrases an author uses to create pictures in your mind called?

The reason why the text was written is called?

When a character/reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens...